CO-HOUSING OF RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS INFECTED LAMBS WITH IMMUNOCOMPETENT OR IMMUNOSUPPRESSED LAMBS DOES NOT RESULT IN VIRUS TRANSMISSION

Co-housing of Rift Valley fever virus infected lambs with immunocompetent or immunosuppressed lambs does not result in virus transmission

Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is transmitted among susceptible animals by mosquito vectors.Although the virus can be isolated from nasal and oral swabs of Paper Bags infected animals and is known to be highly infectious when administered experimentally via oral or respiratory route, horizontal transmission of the virus is only sporadically reporte

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A meteorological overview of the MILAGRO field campaigns

We describe the large-scale meteorological conditions that affected atmospheric chemistry over Mexico during March 2006 when several field campaigns were conducted in the region.In-situ and remote-sensing instrumentation was deployed to obtain measurements of wind, temperature, and humidity profiles in the boundary layer and free atmosphere at four

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