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The consequences of reconfiguring the ambisense S genome segment of Rift Valley fever virus on viral replication in mammalian and mosquito cells and for genome packaging [PDF]

, 2013
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV, family Bunyaviridae) is a mosquito-borne pathogen of both livestock and humans, found primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
Benjamin Brennan (522804), Brennan, Benjamin, Richard M. Elliott, Richard M Elliott, Welch Stephen R., Elliott, Richard M., Benjamin Brennan, Elliott Richard M., Richard M. Elliott (252934), Stephen R Welch, Stephen R. Welch (522805), Stephen R. Welch, Welch, Stephen R., Brennan Benjamin   +13 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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Exploratory Space-Time Analyses of Rift Valley Fever in South Africa in 2008-2011 [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic arbovirosis for which the primary hosts are domestic livestock (cattle, sheep and goats). RVF was first described in South Africa in 1950-1951.
Thompson Peter N., White Richard G., Porphyre Thibaud, Thompson, P N, Pfeiffer Dirk U., Collins, LM, Nollions, Lisa M., Collins Lisa M., LSHTM, Kemp, A, Kemp, A., Thompson, P.N., White, Richard G, White, Richard G., Pfeiffer, D U, Porphyre, Thibaud, Pretoria, Métras, Raphaëlle, Lisa M Collins, White, R G, Edinburgh, Peter N Thompson, Porphyre, T, Nat Health Lab Service, South Africa, Queen's Belfast, White, R.G., Kemp, Alan, Pfeiffer, Dirk U., Dirk U Pfeiffer, Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.), Métras, R., Thompson, Peter N, Richard G White, Porphyre, T., Metras, R, Collins, L M, Thompson, PN, Kemp Alan, Alan Kemp, White, RG, Pfeiffer, Dirk U, Thibaud Porphyre, Métras Raphaëlle, Pfeiffer, DU, Collins, L.M., Collins, Lisa M, Pfeiffer, D.U., Raphaëlle Métras   +47 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, 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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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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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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Cellular phosphoinositides and the maturation of bluetongue virus, a non-enveloped capsid virus. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Bluetongue virus (BTV), a member of Orbivirus genus in the Reoviridae family is a double capsid virus enclosing a genome of 10 double-stranded RNA segments. A non-structural protein of BTV, NS3, which is associated with cellular membranes and
Roy, Polly, Bishnupriya Bhattacharya, Bhattacharya, Bishnupriya, Polly Roy   +3 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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