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Experimental Infection of Calves by Two Genetically-Distinct Strains of Rift Valley Fever Virus [PDF]

Viruses, 2016
Recent outbreaks of Rift Valley fever in ruminant livestock, characterized by mass abortion and high mortality rates in neonates, have raised international interest in improving vaccine control strategies.
William C. Wilson, A. Sally Davis, Natasha N. Gaudreault, Bonto Faburay, Jessie D. Trujillo, Vinay Shivanna, Sun Young Sunwoo, Aaron Balogh, Abaineh Endalew, Wenjun Ma, Barbara S. Drolet, Mark G. Ruder, Igor Morozov, D. Scott McVey, Juergen A. Richt   +14 more
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A Spatial Analysis of Rift Valley Fever Virus Seropositivity in Domestic Ruminants in Tanzania [PDF]

, 2015
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an acute arthropod-borne viral zoonotic disease primarily occurring in Africa. Since RVF-like disease was reported in Tanzania in 1930, outbreaks of the disease have been reported mainly from the eastern ecosystem of the Great ...
A Adam, A Anyamba, A Evans, A Zaki, AI Al-Afaleq, AM Gad, AS Kamal, B Ahmed, B Niklasson, B Niklasson, BN Archer, C Sindato, C Sindato, Calvin Sindato, CK Morley, CW Woods, D Balk, D Sissoko, Dirk U. Pfeiffer, EG Kifaro, EM Jeanmaire, ES Swai, Esron D. Karimuribo, FA Murphy, FG Davies, FG Davies, HH Balkhy, HH Balkhy, IE Aradaib, J Fafetine, Janusz T. Paweska, JT Paweska, JT Paweska, JT Paweska, JT Paweska, KJ Linthicum, KJ Linthicum, KM Rich, Leonard E. G. Mboera, Mark M. Rweyemamu, N Heinrich, P Munyua, R Daubney, R Swanepoel, RD Fyumagwa, RD Sumaye, S Abdo-Salem, T Jocelyn, T Shoemaker, Tetsuro Ikegami, V Martin, X Chen, X Pourrut, Y Thiongane   +53 more
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Towards a better understanding of Rift Valley fever epidemiology in the south-west of the Indian Ocean. [PDF]

, 2013
International audience: Rift Valley fever virus (Phlebovirus, Bunyaviridae) is an arbovirus causing intermittent epizootics and sporadic epidemics primarily in East Africa. Infection causes severe and often fatal illness in young sheep, goats and cattle.
Balenghien, Thomas, Cardinale, Eric, Chevalier, Véronique, Elissa, Nohal, Failloux, Anna-Bella, Jean Jose Nipomichene, Thiery,, Nicolas, Gaelle, Rakotoharinome, Vincent,, Roger, Matthieu, Zumbo, Betty   +9 more
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The impact of climate change on the epidemiology and control of Rift Valley fever [PDF]

, 2008
Climate change is likely to change the frequency of extreme weather events, such as tropical cyclones, floods, droughts and hurricanes, and may destabilize and weaken the ecosystem services upon which human society depends.
Anyamba, Assaf, Ceccato, Pietro N., Chevalier, Véronique, De Simone, Lorenzo, Domenech, Joseph, La Rocque, SteÌphane de, Lubroth, Juan, Martin, Vincent   +7 more
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An Overview of Rift Valley Fever Vaccine Development Strategies

Vaccines, 2022
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne viral zoonosis that causes high fetal and neonatal mortality in ruminants and a mild to fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans.
Paul Kato Kitandwe, Paul F. McKay, Pontiano Kaleebu, Robin J. Shattock   +3 more
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Characterisation of immune responses and protective efficacy in mice after immunisation with Rift Valley Fever virus cDNA constructs

Virology Journal, 2009
Background Affecting both livestock and humans, Rift Valley Fever is considered as one of the most important viral zoonoses in Africa. However, no licensed vaccines or effective treatments are yet available for human use.
Lundkvist Åke, Näslund Jonas, Lagerqvist Nina, Bouloy Michèle, Ahlm Clas, Bucht Göran   +5 more
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Arbovirus Prevalence in Mosquitoes, Kenya

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
Few studies have investigated the many mosquito species that harbor arboviruses in Kenya. During the 2006–2007 Rift Valley fever outbreak in North Eastern Province, Kenya, exophilic mosquitoes were collected from homesteads within 2 affected areas ...
A. Desiree LaBeaud, Laura J. Sutherland, Samuel Muiruri, Eric M. Muchiri, Laurie R. Gray, Peter A. Zimmerman, Amy G. Hise, Charles H. King   +7 more
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Factors Affecting on Production of Clostridium novyi type (B) Alpha Toxin

Journal of Applied Veterinary Sciences, 2022
Clostridium novyi type B is an anaerobic bacterium that causes black disease (infectious necrotic hepatitis). The alpha toxin is considered as a major virulence factor. The disease has been controlled using toxoid vaccines.
Marwa M. Ahmed, Marwa Yehia , Hala ElSawy Ahmed   +2 more
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Lay perceptions of risk factors for Rift Valley fever in a pastoral community in northeastern Kenya [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Human behavioral factors have been found to be central in the transmission of Rift Valley fever. Consumption of contaminated meat and milk in particular have been identified as one of the key risk factors for the transmission of Rift Valley ...
Bernard K. Bett, Caroline M. Ng’ang’a, Salome A. Bukachi   +2 more
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Genome Analysis of Rift Valley Fever Virus, Mayotte

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012
As further confirmation of a first human case of Rift Valley fever in 2007 in Comoros, we isolated Rift Valley fever virus in suspected human cases. These viruses are genetically closely linked to the 2006–2007 isolates from Kenya.
Catherine Cêtre-Sossah, Hervé Zeller, Marc Grandadam, Valérie Caro, François Pettinelli, Michèle Bouloy, Eric Cardinale, Emmanuel Albina   +7 more
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