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Rift Valley Fever Outbreak, Southern Mauritania, 2012

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
After a period of heavy rainfall, an outbreak of Rift Valley fever occurred in southern Mauritania during September–November 2012. A total of 41 human cases were confirmed, including 13 deaths, and 12 Rift Valley fever virus strains were isolated ...
Abdourahmane Sow, Ousmane Faye, Yamar Ba, Hampathé Ba, Diawo Diallo, Oumar Faye, Cheikh Loucoubar, Mohamed Boushab, Yahya Barry, Mawlouth Diallo, Amadou Alpha Sall   +10 more
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Rift Valley Fever – epidemiological update and risk of introduction into Europe

EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority, 2020
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a vector‐borne disease transmitted by a broad spectrum of mosquito species, especially Aedes and Culex genus, to animals (domestic and wild ruminants and camels) and humans.
S. Nielsen, J. Álvarez, D. Bicout, P. Calistri, K. Depner, J. Drewe, B. Garin‐Bastuji, J. G. Rojas, C. Schmidt, V. Michel, M. A. M. Chueca, H. Roberts, L. Sihvonen, K. Ståhl, A. V. Calvo, A. Viltrop, C. Winckler, B. Bett, C. Cêtre-Sossah, V. Chevalier, Clazien Devos, S. Gubbins, F. Monaco, Antoniou Sotiria‐Eleni, A. Broglia, J. Abrahantes, S. Dhollander, Y. Stede, G. Zancanaro   +28 more
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Rift Valley fever virus detection in susceptible hosts with special emphasis in insects

Scientific Reports, 2021
Rift Valley fever phlebovirus (RVFV, Phenuiviridae) is an emerging arbovirus that can cause potentially fatal disease in many host species including ruminants and humans.
K. Gregor, L. Michaely, B. Gutjahr, M. Rissmann, M. Keller, S. Dornbusch, F. Naccache, K. Schön, S. Jansen, A. Heitmann, R. König, B. Brennan, R. Elliott, S. Becker, M. Eiden, I. Spitzbarth, W. Baumgärtner, C. Puff, R. Ulrich, M. Groschup   +19 more
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Reanalysis of the 2000 Rift Valley fever outbreak in Southwestern Arabia.

PLoS ONE, 2020
The first documented Rift Valley hemorrhagic fever outbreak in the Arabian Peninsula occurred in northwestern Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia from August 2000 to September 2001.
Compton J Tucker, Katherine A Melocik, Assaf Anyamba, Kenneth J Linthicum, Shamsudeen F Fagbo, Jennifer L Small   +5 more
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Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in Livestock, Mozambique, 2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
In early 2014, abortions and death of ruminants were reported on farms in Maputo and Gaza Provinces, Mozambique. Serologic analysis and quantitative and conventional reverse transcription PCR confirmed the presence of Rift Valley fever virus. The viruses
José M. Fafetine, Peter Coetzee, Benjamin Mubemba, Ofélia Nhambirre, Luis Neves, J.A.W. Coetzer, Estelle H. Venter   +6 more
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Rift Valley Fever Outbreak, Mauritania, 1998: Seroepidemiologic, Virologic, Entomologic, and Zoologic Investigations

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2001
A Rift Valley fever outbreak occurred in Mauritania in 1998. Seroepidemiologic and virologic investigation showed active circulation of the Rift Valley fever virus, with 13 strains isolated, and 16% (range 1.5%-38%) immunoglobulin (Ig) M-positivity in ...
Pierre Nabeth, Yacouba Kane, Mohameden O. Abdalahi, Mawlouth Diallo, Kader Ndiaye, Khalilou Ba, Fabien Schneegans, Amadou Alpha Sall, Christian Mathiot   +8 more
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Rift Valley Fever Virus: A Zoonotic Vector-Borne Pathogen Affecting Human and Livestock Health

EDIS, 2023
This publication summarizes the available information about the distribution, vectors, vertebrate hosts, transmission cycles, epidemiology, and control of Rift Valley fever virus.
Abdullah A. Alomar, Lindsay P. Campbell, Derrick K. Mathias, Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena   +3 more
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Prevalence of Rift Valley Fever among Ruminants, Mayotte

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012
Rift Valley fever threatens human and animal health. After a human case was confirmed in Comoros in 2007, 4 serosurveys among ruminants in Mayotte suggested that Rift Valley fever virus had been circulating at low levels since 2004, although no clinical ...
Catherine Cêtre-Sossah, Aurélie Pédarrieu, Hélène Guis, Cédric Defernez, Michèle Bouloy, Jacques Favre, Sébastien Girard, Eric Cardinale, Emmanuel Albina   +8 more
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Rift Valley Fever in Namibia, 2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
During May–July 2010 in Namibia, outbreaks of Rift Valley fever were reported to the National Veterinary Service. Analysis of animal specimens confirmed virus circulation on 7 farms.
Federica Monaco, Chiara Pinoni, Gian Mario Cosseddu, Siegfried Khaiseb, Paolo Calistri, Umberto Molini, Alec Bishi, Annamaria Conte, Massimo Scacchia, Rossella Lelli   +9 more
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Rift Valley fever: biology and epidemiology.

Journal of General Virology, 2019
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne viral zoonosis that was first discovered in Kenya in 1930 and is now endemic throughout multiple African countries and the Arabian Peninsula. RVF virus primarily infects domestic livestock (sheep, goats, cattle)
D. Wright, J. Kortekaas, T. Bowden, G. Warimwe   +3 more
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