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JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2014 The capacity of Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) to spread into new territories by crossing significant natural geographic barriers, re-emerge in endemic regions after long periods of silence to cause large outbreaks in human and animal populations constitute a formidable challenge for public and veterinary health authorities as well as for scientific ...
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Novel approaches to develop Rift Valley fever vaccines
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2012 Rift Valley fever (RVF) is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, and has spread into Madagascar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) of the family Bunyaviridae, genus Phlebovirus causes hemorrhagic fever, neurological disorders or ...
Sabarish V. Indran, Tetsuro eIkegami
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Synthesis of IFN-β by Virus-Infected Chicken Embryo Cells Demonstrated with Specific Antisera and a New Bioassay [PDF]
, 2004 Transcripts of interferon-α(IFN-α) and IFN-β genes are present in virus-infected chicken cells, but because of a lack of appropriate assays and reagents, it was unclear if biologically active IFN-β is secreted.
Harlin, Olof +4 more
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Animal models of Rift Valley fever virus infection
Virus Research, 2012 Emerging and naturally occurring infectious diseases from bacterial and viral sources are constantly threatening humans and livestock. Recently, a variety of infectious diseases have emerged into previously disease-free areas, resulting in new epidemics. Consequently, governmental agencies and researchers in the area of biomedical research have started
Ted M, Ross +4 more
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Rift Valley fever virus structural and nonstructural proteins: recombinant protein expression and immunoreactivity against antisera from sheep [PDF]
, 2013 The Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) encodes the structural proteins nucleoprotein (N), aminoterminal glycoprotein (Gn), carboxyterminal glycoprotein (Gc), and L protein, 78-kD, and the nonstructural proteins NSm and NSs.
Drolet, Barbara S. +8 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015 Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic disease endemic to the African continent. RVF is characterized by high rate of abortions in ruminants and hemorrhagic fever, encephalitis or blindness in humans.
Shoko eNishiyama, Tetsuro eIkegami
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Rift Valley fever outbreak--Kenya, November 2006-January 2007. [PDF]
, 2007 In mid-December 2006, several unexplained fatalities associated with fever and generalized bleeding were reported to the Kenya Ministry of Health (KMOH) from Garissa District in North Eastern Province (NEP).
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Observations on rift valley fever virus and vaccines in Egypt [PDF]
Virology Journal, 2011 Abstract Rift Valley Fever virus (RVFV, genus: Phlebovirus, family: Bunyaviridae), is an arbovirus which causes significant morbidity and mortality in animals and humans. RVFV was introduced for the first time in Egypt in 1977. In endemic areas, the insect vector control and vaccination is considering appropriate measures if applied properly ...
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The First Prediction of a Rift Valley Fever Outbreak [PDF]
El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) related anomalies were analyzed using a combination of satellite measurements of elevated sea surface temperatures, and subsequent elevated rainfall and satellite derived normalized difference vegetation index data.
Anyamba, Assaf +9 more
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Rift Valley Fever Virus: An Overview of the Current Status of Diagnostics
BiomedicinesRift 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 +6 more
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