Absence of Rift Valley Fever Virus in Wild Small Mammals, Madagascar
Marie-Marie Olive
, Nadia Razafindralambo, Tony Andrianaivo Barivelo, Jean-Théophile Rafisandratantsoa, Voahangy Soarimalala, Steven M. Goodman, Pierre E. Rollin, Jean-Michel Heraud, and Jean-Marc Reynes
Author affiliations: Institut Pasteur, Antananarivo, Madagascar (M.-M. Olive, N. Razafindralambo, J.-T. Rafisandratantsoa, J.-M. Heraud); Association Vahatra, Antananarivo (T. Andrianaivo Barivelo, V. Soarimalala, S.M. Goodman); Université d’Antananarivo, Antananarivo (T. Andrianaivo Barivelo); Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA (S.M. Goodman); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (P.E. Rollin); Institut Pasteur, Lyon, France (J.-M. Reynes)
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Figure. . Collection sites of wild terrestrial small mammals on Madagascar and the number of mammals tested for Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV). At certain localities, the genus and species of sampled rats were Rattus rattus or R. norvegicus.
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