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Article: Rift Valley fever in Chad.(Dispatches)
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
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To evaluate the importance of human exposure to Rift Valley fever virus in Chad, investigations were carried out to determine specific antibody prevalence in domestic ruminants during the 2002 rainy season. Results highlighted recent, substantial, active transmission of this virus.
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The virology laboratory of the unit of the Tropical Medicine Institute of the French Defense Medical Service (IMTSSA) investigated some cases of self-limiting nonmalarious febrile syndromes occurring among soldiers stationed in Chad. By using C6/36 and Vero cell lines, peripheral blood lymphocytes collected from two soldiers on duty in Chad during the 2001 rainy ...