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M. K. Rostal

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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S. Cleaveland· 2 shared A. Anyamba· 1 shared A. Kemp· 1 shared A. M. Szemiel· 1 shared B. Brennan· 1 shared B. J. Willett· 1 shared B. T. Mmbaga· 1 shared C. Cordel· 1 shared

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S. Cleaveland

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Localized Rift Valley Fever Virus Persistence Depends on a High Transovarial Transmission Fraction

M. K. Rostal, J. Prentice, N. Ross, A. Kemp, P. Thompson, A. Anyamba, S. Cleaveland, C. Cordel, V. Msimang, P. Jansen van Vuren, D. Haydon, W. B. Karesh, J. Paweska, L. Matthews

This study models Rift Valley fever virus persistence via transovarial transmission and finds that a high TOT fraction enables localized persistence with realistic seroprevalence patterns.

bioRxiv · Oct 27, 2023 · PreprintEcology

An outbreak of Rift Valley fever among peri-urban dairy cattle in northern Tanzania, 2018

W. A. de Glanville, K. J. Allan, J. M. Nyarobi, K. M. Thomas, F. Lankester, T. Kibona, J. R. Claxton, B. Brennan, R. W. Carter, J. A. Crump, J. E. B. Halliday, G. Ladbury, B. T. Mmbaga, F. Mramba, O. M. Nyasebwa, , S. Cleaveland

The paper reports a previously unreported RVF outbreak in peri-urban dairy cattle in northern Tanzania, identifying 14 abortions and viral shedding in milk.

bioRxiv · Sep 15, 2021 · PreprintEcology