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Efficacy of a lyophilized combined Rift Valley Fever and Pest des Petits Ruminants vaccine [PDF]

Kafrelsheikh Veterinary Medical Journal
Background: Rift Valley Fever (RVF) and Pest des Petits Ruminants (PPR) are two viral diseases that pose a significant threat to sheep populations, leading to substantial financial losses.
Noha Ezz El-Deen, Mohamed Youssef, Dalia Abd El Moaty, Taradi Abd El-Fattah, Marwa Yehia   +4 more
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Vector Competence of Mediterranean Mosquitoes for Rift Valley Fever Virus: A Meta-Analysis

Pathogens, 2022
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic disease caused by a virus mainly transmitted by Aedes and Culex mosquitoes. Infection leads to high abortion rates and considerable mortality in domestic livestock.
Alex Drouin, V. Chevalier, B. Durand, T. Balenghien   +3 more
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Association of Rift Valley fever virus infection with miscarriage in Sudanese women: a cross-sectional study

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, Ammar M Jumaa, MD, Huda J E Jomma, MSc, Mubarak S Karsany, PhD, Göran Bucht, PhD, Jonas Näslund, PhD, Prof. Clas Ahlm, PhD, Prof. Magnus Evander, PhD, Nahla Mohamed, PhD   +8 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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Insights into the Pathogenesis of Viral Haemorrhagic Fever Based on Virus Tropism and Tissue Lesions of Natural Rift Valley Fever

Viruses, 2021
Rift Valley fever phlebovirus (RVFV) infects humans and a wide range of ungulates and historically has caused devastating epidemics in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
Lieza Odendaal, A. Davis, E. Venter
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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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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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Structure of Rift Valley Fever Virus RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase

Journal of Virology, 2021
The zoonosis RVF virus (RVFV) is one of the most serious arbovirus threats to both human and animal health. RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) is a multifunctional enzyme catalyzing genome replication as well as viral transcription, so the RdRp is ...
Xue Wang, Cuixia Hu, Wei Ye, Jia Wang, Xiaofei Dong, Jie Xu, Xiaorong Li, Manfeng Zhang, Hongyun Lu, Fanglin Zhang, Wei Wu, Sha Dai, Hongwei Wang, Zhongzhou Chen   +13 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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Serological evidence of single and mixed infections of Rift Valley fever virus, Brucella spp. and Coxiella burnetii in dromedary camels in Kenya

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
Camels are increasingly becoming the livestock of choice for pastoralists reeling from effects of climate change in semi-arid and arid parts of Kenya. As the population of camels rises, better understanding of their role in the epidemiology of zoonotic ...
M. Muturi, J. Akoko, D. Nthiwa, B. Chege, R. Nyamota, M. Mutiiria, Josphat Maina, S. Thumbi, Mutono Nyamai, Samuel Kahariri, R. Sitawa, Joshua Kimutai, W. Kuria, A. Mwatondo, B. Bett   +14 more
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