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Development of a Versatile Half-Strip Lateral Flow Assay toward the Detection of Rift Valley Fever Virus Antibodies

Diagnostics, 2022
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic disease that is caused by the Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV); Bunyaviridae: Phlebovirus. RVF disease can affect several different species, including ruminants, camels and humans and thus present a dual
Thulaganyo Domfe, Zikhona Njengele-Tetyana, Nikiwe Mhlanga, Phumlani Tetyana, Amanda Skepu, Jane Catherine Ngila, Lucky Mashudu Sikhwivhilu   +6 more
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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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Rift Valley Fever Virus Infection Causes Acute Encephalitis in the Ferret

mSphere, 2020
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a pathogen of both humans and livestock in Africa and the Middle East. Severe human disease is associated with hepatitis and/or encephalitis. Current pathogenesis studies rely on rodents and nonhuman primates, which have
Dominique J. Barbeau, Joseph R. Albe, Sham Nambulli, Natasha L. Tilston-Lunel, Amy L. Hartman, Seema S. Lakdawala, Ed Klein, W. Paul Duprex, Anita K. McElroy   +8 more
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Using Multiplex Amplicon PCR Technology to Efficiently and Timely Generate Rift Valley Fever Virus Sequence Data for Genomic Surveillance

Viruses, 2023
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a febrile vector-borne disease endemic in Africa and continues to spread in new territories. It is a climate-sensitive disease mostly triggered by abnormal rainfall patterns.
John Juma, Samson L. Konongoi, Isidore Nsengimana, Reuben Mwangi, James Akoko, Richard Nyamota, Collins Muli, Paul O. Dobi, Edward Kiritu, Shebbar Osiany, Amos A. Onwong’a, Rachael W. Gachogo, Rosemary Sang, Alan Christoffels, Kristina Roesel, Bernard Bett, Samuel O. Oyola   +16 more
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Livestock Challenge Models of Rift Valley Fever for Agricultural Vaccine Testing

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
Since the discovery of Rift Valley Fever virus (RVFV) in Kenya in 1930, the virus has become widespread throughout most of Africa and is characterized by sporadic outbreaks.
Andrea Louise Kroeker, Shawn Babiuk, Shawn Babiuk, Bradley S. Pickering, Bradley S. Pickering, Juergen A. Richt, William C. Wilson   +6 more
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A Novel Quadruple Gene-Deleted BoHV-1-Vectored RVFV Subunit Vaccine Induces Humoral and Cell-Mediated Immune Response against Rift Valley Fever in Calves

Viruses, 2023
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is considered to be a high biodefense priority based on its threat to livestock and its ability to cause human hemorrhagic fever.
Selvaraj Pavulraj, Rhett W. Stout, Elise D. Barras, Daniel B. Paulsen, Shafiqul I. Chowdhury   +4 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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Harnessing Rift Valley fever virus NSs gene for cancer gene therapy

, 2022
One of the greatest challenges in the treatment of cancer is tumor heterogeneity which results in differential responses to chemotherapy and drugs that work through a single pathway.
Scott, TA, Davis, AM, Morris, KV
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Serological evidence of the circulation of the Rift Valley fever virus in sheep and goats slaughtered in Yaoundé, Cameroon

Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2022
Background Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an emerging mosquito‐borne haemorrhagic fever disease capable of causing severe outbreaks with high mortality and morbidity in human, livestock, and wildlife species, particularly in Africa.
Jean Thierry Ebogo‐Belobo, Serge Alain Sadeuh‐Mba, Georges Marc Arthur Mveng‐Sanding, Gwladys Monamele Chavely, Martin H. Groschup, Wilfred Fon Mbacham, Richard Njouom   +6 more
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Rift Valley Fever Virus Non-Structural Protein S Is Associated with Nuclear Translocation of Active Caspase-3 and Inclusion Body Formation

Viruses, 2022
Rift Valley fever phlebovirus (RVFV) causes Rift Valley fever (RVF), an emerging zoonotic disease that causes abortion storms and high mortality rates in young ruminants as well as severe or even lethal complications in a subset of human patients.
Lukas Mathias Michaely, Melanie Rissmann, Federico Armando, Felicitas von Arnim, Markus Keller, Martin Eiden, Rebecca König, Benjamin Gutjahr, Wolfgang Baumgärtner, Martin H. Groschup, Reiner Ulrich   +10 more
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