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Rift Valley Fever Virus: An Overview of the Current Status of Diagnostics [PDF]

Biomedicines
Rift Valley fever is a vector-borne zoonotic disease caused by the Rift Valley fever virus (Phlebovirus genus) listed among the eight pathogens included in the Bluepoint list by the WHO.
Daniele Lapa, Silvia Pauciullo, Ida Ricci, Anna Rosa Garbuglia, Fabrizio Maggi, Maria Teresa Scicluna, Silvia Tofani   +6 more
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Selected wetland soil properties correlate to Rift Valley fever livestock mortalities reported in 2009-10 in central South Africa.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Outbreaks of Rift Valley fever have devastating impacts on ruminants, humans, as well as on regional and national economies. Although numerous studies on the impact and outbreak of Rift Valley fever exist, relatively little is known about the role of ...
Anna M Verster, Janice E Liang, Melinda K Rostal, Alan Kemp, Robert F Brand, Assaf Anyamba, Claudia Cordel, Robert Schall, Herman Zwiegers, Janusz T Paweska, William B Karesh, Cornie W van Huyssteen   +11 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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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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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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Protection of Cattle Elicited Using a Bivalent Lumpy Skin Disease Virus-Vectored Recombinant Rift Valley Fever Vaccine

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
Lumpy skin disease and Rift Valley fever are two high-priority livestock diseases which have the potential to spread into previously free regions through animal movement and/or vectors, as well as intentional release by bioterrorists.
David B. Wallace, David B. Wallace, A. Mather, P. D. Kara, Leeann Naicker, Nobalanda B. Mokoena, A. Pretorius, T. Nefefe, N. Thema, Shawn Babiuk, Shawn Babiuk   +10 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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A hierarchical network approach for modeling Rift Valley fever epidemics with applications in North America. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Rift Valley fever is a vector-borne zoonotic disease which causes high morbidity and mortality in livestock. In the event Rift Valley fever virus is introduced to the United States or other non-endemic areas, understanding the potential patterns of ...
Ling Xue, Lee W Cohnstaedt, H Morgan Scott, Caterina Scoglio   +3 more
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