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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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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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
doaj   +3 more sources

Rift Valley Fever Virus

Current Molecular Medicine, 2005
Rift Valley fever is considered to be one of the most important viral zoonoses in Africa. In 2000, the Rift valley fever virus spread to the Arabian Peninsula and caused two simultaneous outbreaks in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. It is transmitted to ruminants and to humans by mosquitoes.
Ramon, Flick, Michèle, Bouloy
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Genome characterization of Rift Valley fever virus isolated from cattle, goats and sheep during interepidemic periods in Kenya. [PDF]

BMC Vet Res
Onwongá AA, Oyola SO, Juma J, Konongoi S, Nyamota R, Mwangi R, Muli C, Dobi P, Bett BB, Ongus JR.   +9 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Interepidemic Rift Valley Fever Virus Seropositivity, Northeastern Kenya [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
Most outbreaks of Rift Valley fever (RVF) occur in remote locations after floods. To determine environmental risk factors and long-term sequelae of human RVF, we examined rates of previous Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) exposure by age and location during an interepidemic period in 2006.
A. Desirée LaBeaud, Eric M. Muchiri, Malik Ndzovu, Mariam T. Mwanje, Samuel Muiruri, C. J. Peters, Charles H. King   +6 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
doaj   +1 more source

Towards a better understanding of Rift Valley fever epidemiology in the south-west of the Indian Ocean. [PDF]

, 2013
International audience: Rift Valley fever virus (Phlebovirus, Bunyaviridae) is an arbovirus causing intermittent epizootics and sporadic epidemics primarily in East Africa. Infection causes severe and often fatal illness in young sheep, goats and cattle.
Balenghien, Thomas, Cardinale, Eric, Chevalier, Véronique, Elissa, Nohal, Failloux, Anna-Bella, Jean Jose Nipomichene, Thiery,, Nicolas, Gaelle, Rakotoharinome, Vincent,, Roger, Matthieu, Zumbo, Betty   +9 more
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Nonspreading Rift Valley fever virus : A potent and flexible vaccine platform

, 2015
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a serious pathogen for both ruminants and humans. RVF outbreaks have a major impact on the agricultural and related sectors in affected areas with severe socio-economic consequences. Although the virus is confined to the African continent and the Arabian Peninsula, globalization, climate change and global prevalence of
Nadia Oreshkova
openalex   +3 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source