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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, Ranjeet Kumar, Amit Sharma   +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, Gema Lorenzo, Esther Hevia, Belén Borrego, Martin Eiden, Martin Groschup, Sarah C Gilbert, Alejandro Brun   +7 more
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Vector competence of Aedes vexans (Meigen), Culex poicilipes (Theobald) and Cx. quinquefasciatus Say from Senegal for West and East African lineages of Rift Valley fever virus [PDF]

, 2016
Background Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV; Phlebovirus, Bunyaviridae) is a mosquito–borne, zoonotic pathogen. In Senegal, RVFV was first isolated in 1974 from Aedes dalzieli (Theobald) and thereafter from Ae. fowleri (de Charmoy), Ae. ochraceus Theobald,
Alioune, Gaye, Bob Ndeye, Sakha, Cheikh, Talla, Dia, Ibrahima, Diagne, Cheikh Tidiane, Diallo, Diawo, Diallo, Mawlouth, Gamou, Fall, Kohl, Alain, Ndiaye, El Hadji, Sall, Amadou Alpha, Yamar, B.A.   +11 more
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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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International Network for Capacity Building for the Control of Emerging Viral Vector-Borne Zoonotic Diseases: Arbo-Zoonet [PDF]

, 2009
Arboviruses are arthropod-borne viruses, which include West Nile fever virus (WNFV), a mosquito-borne virus, Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), a mosquito-borne virus, and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), a tick-borne virus.
Ahmed, J., Bouloy, M., Calistri, P., Chevalier, V., Drosten, C., Ergonul, O., Estrada-Pena, A., Fooks, A.R., Mirazimi, A., Moormann, R.J.M., Paweska, J., Seitzer, U., Tordo, N., Unger, H., Vatansever, Z., Yin, H.   +15 more
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Predicting Distribution of Aedes Aegypti and Culex Pipiens Complex, Potential Vectors of Rift Valley Fever Virus in Relation to Disease Epidemics in East Africa. [PDF]

, 2013
The East African region has experienced several Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreaks since the 1930s. The objective of this study was to identify distributions of potential disease vectors in relation to disease epidemics.
Abdo-Salem S, Amraoui F, Anyamba A, Anyangu AS, Aradaib IE, Clements AC, Crabtree MB, Dar O, Daubney R, Diallo M, EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare, Gerdes GH, Jost CC, Jupp PG, Kebede S, Kija B, Kitau J, Le GG, Linthicum KJ, Linthicum KJ, Lobo JM, Logan TM, Logan TM, Meegan JM, Mohamed M, Montesinos-Lopez OA, Moutailler S, Nguku PM, Ogoma SB, Ortega-Huerta M, Pearson RG, Pearson RG, Peterson AT, Phillips SJ, Rweyemamu M, Sang R, Swets JA, Tabachnick WJ, Turell MJ, Warren DL, Wisz MS   +40 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 and Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses in Ruminants, Jordan

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
The epidemiology of Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) in Jordan is unknown. Our investigation showed 3% of 989 tested dairy cattle, sheep, and goats were RVFV seropositive and 14% were CCHFV seropositive ...
Mohammad M. Obaidat, James C. Graziano, Maria Morales-Betoulle, Shelley M. Brown, Cheng-Feng Chiang, John D. Klena   +5 more
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Innate immune basis for rift valley fever susceptibility in mouse models [PDF]

, 2017
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) leads to varied clinical manifestations in animals and in humans that range from moderate fever to fatal illness, suggesting that host immune responses are important determinants of the disease severity. We investigated the
Bruhns, Pierre, Flamand, Marie, Godon, Ophélie, Jouvion, Grégory, Lathan, Rashida, Malissen, Marie, Panthier, Jean-Jacques, Simon-Chazottes, Dominique   +7 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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