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Rift Valley fever in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) : basic epidemiology and the role of bovine tuberculosis coinfection

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Beechler, Brianna

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Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic viral disease native to the African continent. Outbreaks tend to occur in the wet seasons, and can affect numerous mammalian species including African buffalo. It is debated how the virus survives the inter-epidemic period when it is not detected in mammalian populations,...

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Brianna Beechler
Enemies and Turncoats: Bovine tuberculosis exposes pathogenic potential of Rift Valley fever virus in a common host, African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

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Beechler, B. R., Manore, C. A., Reininghaus, B., O'Neal, D., Gorsich, E. E., Ezenwa, V. O., and Jolles, A. E.

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The ubiquity and importance of parasite co-infections in populations of free-living animals is beginning to be recognized, but few studies have demonstrated differential fitness effects of single infection versus co-infection in free-living populations. We investigated interactions between the emerging bacterial disease bovine tuberculosis (BTB) and the previously existing viral disease...

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fever virus in a common host, African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) Beechler, B. R., Manore, C. A