Ngari Virus in Goats during Rift Valley Fever Outbreak, Mauritania, 2010
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Rogier Bodewes,1 Aritz Ruiz-Gonzalez,1 Anita C. Schürch, Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus, and Saskia L. Smits Author affiliations: Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (R. Bodewes, A.C. Schürch, A.D.M.E. Osterhaus, S.L. Smits); University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (A. Ruiz-Gonzalez); National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Ozzano dell’Emilia, Italy (A. RuizGonzalez); and Viroclinics Biosciences, Rotterdam (A.D.M.E. Osterhaus, S.L. Smits)
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