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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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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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Creation of a Nonspreading Rift Valley Fever Virus [PDF]
Journal of Virology, 2011 ABSTRACT Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic bunyavirus of the genus Phlebovirus and a serious human and veterinary pathogen. RVFV contains a three-segmented RNA genome, which is comprised of the large (L), medium (M), and small (S) segments.
Kortekaas, J.A. +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 +7 more
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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 +10 more
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Molecular Biology of Rift Valley Fever Virus [PDF]
The Open Virology Journal, 2010 Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) causes large outbreaks of acute febrile and often fatal illness among humans and domesticated animals in sub-saharan Africa and the Arabian peninsula. RVFV is a member of the family Bunyaviridae, genus Phlebovirus. Like all members of this large virus family, it contains a three-segmented genome of negative/ambisense ...
Bouloy, Michele, Weber, Friedemann
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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 +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 +3 more
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Rift Valley Fever in Livestock Wildlife and Humans: A Review [PDF]
Journal of Zoonotic Diseases, 2023 Rift Valley fever is an arboviral disease that mainly affects both animals and humans, associated with symptoms like strong chills, malaise, weakness, nausea, a severe headache, or a feeling of fullness around the hepatic region. It is mainly caused by
Amandeep Kaur +2 more
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A single immunization with MVA expressing GnGc glycoproteins promotes epitope-specific CD8+-T cell activation and protects immune-competent mice against a lethal RVFV infection. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013 BACKGROUND: Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen causing an important disease in ruminants often transmitted to humans after epizootic outbreaks in African and Arabian countries.
Elena López-Gil +7 more
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