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The Pathogenesis of Rift Valley Fever
Viruses, 2011 Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an emerging zoonotic disease distributed in sub-Saharan African countries and the Arabian Peninsula. The disease is caused by the Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) of the family Bunyaviridae and the genus Phlebovirus. The virus is
Tetsuro Ikegami, Shinji Makino
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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 +9 more
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The Lancet Global Health, 2016 Background: Rift Valley fever virus is an emerging mosquito-borne virus that causes infections in animals and human beings in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
Maria Baudin, MSc +8 more
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Rift Valley fever virus outbreak in Mauritania yet again in 2022: No room for complacency
Health Science Reports, 2023 Rift Valley fever is an important yet ignored viral hemorrhagic fever claiming many lives of African and Arabian countries over the past decade. Unfortunately, a recent outbreak of Rift Valley fever is currently ravaging in Mauritania.
Shehroze Tabassum +5 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 +3 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 +2 more
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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 +5 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 +7 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 +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 +2 more
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