Rift Valley fever virus—how and where virus is maintained during inter-epidemic periods

M Kariuki Njenga, B Bett - Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Rift Valley fever (RVF) virus is associated with recurring disease
epidemics among livestock and humans in sub-Saharan Africa and Middle East, where the …

High seroconversion rate to Rift Valley fever virus in cattle and goats in far northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in the absence of reported outbreaks

C Van den Bergh, EH Venter… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic disease characterized in
South Africa by large epidemics amongst ruminant livestock at very long, irregular intervals …

Association between Rift Valley fever virus seroprevalences in livestock and humans and their respective intra-cluster correlation coefficients, Tana River County …

B Bett, J Lindahl, R Sang, M Wainaina… - Epidemiology & …, 2019 - cambridge.org
We implemented a cross-sectional study in Tana River County, Kenya, a Rift Valley fever
(RVF)-endemic area, to quantify the strength of association between RVF virus (RVFv) …

Spatiotemporal analysis of historical records (2001–2012) on dengue fever in Vietnam and development of a statistical model for forecasting risk

B Bett, D Grace, HS Lee, J Lindahl, H Nguyen-Viet… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Dengue fever is the most widespread infectious disease of humans transmitted
by Aedes mosquitoes. It is the leading cause of hospitalization and death in children in the …

[PDF][PDF] Climate change and infectious livestock diseases: the case of rift valley fever and tick-borne diseases

B Bett, J Lindahl, G Delia - … Papers: Investigating the Business of a …, 2019 - library.oapen.org
3.1 Background The global-average surface temperature has risen steadily since the
nineteenth century due to an increase in the concentration of heat-trapping gases such as …

Evaluation of a virus neutralisation test for detection of Rift Valley fever antibodies in suid sera

BA Lubisi, PN Ndouvhada, D Neiffer… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a vector-borne viral disease of ruminants mainly, and man,
characterized by abortions and neonatal deaths in animals and flu-like to more severe …

A multiplex fluorescence microsphere immunoassay for increased understanding of Rift Valley fever immune responses in ruminants in Kenya

JF Lindahl, IK Ragan, RR Rowland, M Wainaina… - Journal of virological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is an important mosquito-borne pathogen with devastating
impacts on agriculture and public health. With outbreaks being reported beyond the …