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Climate teleconnections and recent patterns of human and animal disease outbreaks. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012
Recent clusters of outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases (Rift Valley fever and chikungunya) in Africa and parts of the Indian Ocean islands illustrate how interannual climate variability influences the changing risk patterns of disease outbreaks ...
Assaf Anyamba, Kenneth J Linthicum, Jennifer L Small, Kathrine M Collins, Compton J Tucker, Edwin W Pak, Seth C Britch, James Ronald Eastman, Jorge E Pinzon, Kevin L Russell   +9 more
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Rift Valley Fever Outbreak during COVID-19 Surge, Uganda, 2021

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
Rift Valley fever, endemic or emerging throughout most of Africa, causes considerable risk to human and animal health. We report 7 confirmed Rift Valley fever cases, 1 fatal, in Kiruhura District, Uganda, during 2021.
Caitlin M. Cossaboom, Luke Nyakarahuka, Sophia Mulei, Jackson Kyondo, Alex Tumusiime, Jimmy Baluku, Gloria Grace Akurut, Dianah Namanya, Kilama Kamugisha, Hildah Tendo Nansikombi, Alex Nyabakira, Semei Mutesasira, Shannon Whitmer, Carson Telford, Julius Lutwama, Stephen Balinandi, Joel Montgomery, John D. Klena, Trevor Shoemaker   +18 more
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ASHHC Celebration. Valley Fever

, 1984
Lehigh Valley Hospital Center 10th Anniversary. printed in the Update newsletter 3-15-1985. ASHHC Celebration, Valley Fever performance break. in the middle holding the cup is Krista Miller Casey. Do you recognize someone else?
Lehigh Valley Health Network
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Efficacy of a lyophilized combined Rift Valley Fever and Pest des Petits Ruminants vaccine [PDF]

Kafrelsheikh Veterinary Medical Journal
Background: Rift Valley Fever (RVF) and Pest des Petits Ruminants (PPR) are two viral diseases that pose a significant threat to sheep populations, leading to substantial financial losses.
Noha Ezz El-Deen, Mohamed Youssef, Dalia Abd El Moaty, Taradi Abd El-Fattah, Marwa Yehia   +4 more
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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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Volatile Metabolites in Lavage Fluid Are Correlated with Cytokine Production in a Valley Fever Murine Model

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii are soil-dwelling fungi of arid regions in North and South America that are responsible for Valley fever (coccidioidomycosis). Forty percent of patients with Valley fever exhibit symptoms ranging from mild,
Emily A. Higgins Keppler, Marley C. Caballero Van Dyke, Heather L. Mead, Douglas F. Lake, D. Mitchell Magee, Bridget M. Barker, Heather D. Bean   +6 more
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Rift Valley Fever in Chad

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
To evaluate the importance of human exposure to Rift Valley fever virus in Chad, investigations were carried out to determine specific antibody prevalence in domestic ruminants during the 2002 rainy season. Results highlighted recent, substantial, active transmission of this virus.
David Ringot, Jean-Paul Durand, Hughes Tolou, Jean-Paul Boutin, Bernard Davoust   +4 more
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Genetic and Other Determinants for the Severity of Coccidioidomycosis: A Clinician’s Perspective

Journal of Fungi, 2023
The endemic fungal infection, coccidioidomycosis, occurs after inhalation of one or very few Coccidioides spp. spores. Infections produce diverse clinical manifestations, ranging from insignificant to extremely destructive, even fatal.
John N. Galgiani, Amy P. Hsu, Daniel A. Powell, Jatin M. Vyas, Steven M. Holland   +4 more
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mSphere of Influence: Hiring of Underrepresented Minority Assistant Professors in Medical School Basic Science Departments Has a Long Way To Go

mSphere, 2019
Michael D. L. Johnson is a molecular microbiologist observing the role of metals in bacterial biology. In this mSphere of Influence article, he discusses the impact that the paper “Decoupling of the minority PhD talent pool and assistant professor hiring
Michael D. L. Johnson
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Rift Valley Fever

Saudi Medical Journal, 2000
Rift Valley fever is a viral disease that affects domestic animals and humans. In humans, Rift Valley fever causes a flu-like disease but occasionally leads to high morbidity and mortality. The disease is generally known in the African continent. However, cases started to appear in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
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