Rift Valley fever: the Nigerian story [PDF]
Veterinaria Italiana, 2011 Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an arthropod-borne zoonotic disease of livestock. It is characterised by fever, salivation, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, mucopurulent to bloody nasal discharge, abortion, rapid decrease in milk production and death in animals ...
Adewale A. Adeyeye +2 more
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Rift Valley Fever: An Economic Assessment of Agricultural and Human Vulnerability [PDF]
This research focused on the assessment of the U.S. agricultural sector and human vulnerability to a Rift Valley Fever (RVF) outbreak and the implications of a select set of alternative disease control strategies.
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Rift Valley Fever Epizootic, Rwanda, 2022
Emerging Infectious DiseasesA Rift Valley fever epizootic affected livestock in Rwanda during March–October 2022. We confirmed 3,112 infections with the virus, including 1,342 cases, 1,254 abortions, and 516 deaths among cattle, goats, and sheep. We recommend a One Health strategy
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DoD-GEIS Rift Valley Fever Monitoring and Prediction System as a Tool for Defense and US Diplomacy [PDF]
, 2011 Over the last 10 years the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center's Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (GEIS) partnering with NASA'S Goddard Space Flight Center and USDA's USDA-Center for Medical, Agricultural & Veterinary ...
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Serological follow up of rift valley fever in a sahelian ecosystem 2004 [PDF]
, 2007 In 2003, a serological study performed in the Ferlo area (northern Senegal), showed that (i) Rift valley fever was endemic; (ii) the risk of transmission depended on the pond type (Chevalier, et al. 2005).
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Inter-Epidemic Transmission of Rift Valley Fever in\ud Livestock in the Kilombero River Valley, Tanzania:\ud A Cross-Sectional Survey [PDF]
, 2013 In recent years, evidence of Rift Valley fever (RVF) transmission during inter-epidemic periods in parts of Africa has increasingly been reported. The inter-epidemic transmissions generally pass undetected where there is no surveillance in the livestock ...
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Report on the evaluation of surveillance systems relevant to zoonotic diseases in Kenya, 2015: A basis for design of an integrated human–livestock surveillance system [PDF]
, 2019 The Zoonoses in Livestock in Kenya (ZooLinK) is a project that seeks to enable Kenya develop an effective surveillance programme for zoonotic diseases (infectious diseases transmissible between animals and human beings).
Ndeda, C., Ngere, I., Omondi, M.
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Efficacy and cytotoxicity of novel antiviral compounds against Rift Valley Fever Virus [PDF]
, 2016 Rift Valley Fever virus (RVFV) is a ss-RNA virus from the Bunyaviridae family found in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. The virus is usually transmitted by mosquitoes and predominantly affects livestock; however, humans exposed to bodily fluids or ...
Jung, David
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Rift Valley Fever Encephalitis
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004 Abdulrahman A. Alrajhi +2 more
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