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Volume 19, Number 2—February 2013
Perspective

Rift Valley Fever and a New Paradigm of Research and Development for Zoonotic Disease Control

Osman DarComments to Author , Sabrina McIntyre, Sue Hogarth, and David Heymann
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK (O. Dar, S. McIntyre, S. Hogarth); Chatham House Centre on Global Health Security, London (D. Heymann); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London (D. Heymann)

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Geographic distribution of Rift Valley fever outbreaks in animals and humans, 1997–2010 (5).

Figure. . Geographic distribution of Rift Valley fever outbreaks in animals and humans, 1997–2010 (5).

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