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Epidemiological Surveillance of Rodent-Borne Viruses (Roboviruses)

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Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses

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This article will outline surveillance approaches for rodent-borne viruses (roboviruses). We present a synopsis of the main categories of trapping methods with some notes about their use in fieldwork. We also describe the types of laboratory analysis commonly used in Robovirus surveillance.

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  1. Linea de Zoonosis Emergentes y Re-emergentes, Grupo Centauro, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

    Juan David Rodas

  2. Grupo de Investigación en Medicina Veterinaria GIVET, Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Caldas, Colombia

    Andrés F. Londoño

  3. Grupo Mastozoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

    Sergio Solari

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  1. School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Maria S. Salvato

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Rodas, J.D., Londoño, A.F., Solari, S. (2018). Epidemiological Surveillance of Rodent-Borne Viruses (Roboviruses). In: Salvato, M. (eds) Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1604. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6981-4_7

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