Rift Valley fever: biology and epidemiology

D Wright, J Kortekaas, TA Bowden… - Journal of General …, 2019 - microbiologyresearch.org
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne viral zoonosis that was first discovered in Kenya
in 1930 and is now endemic throughout multiple African countries and the Arabian …

Neurologic manifestations of the World Health Organization's list of pandemic and epidemic diseases

CRS McEntire, KW Song, RP McInnis, JY Rhee… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The World Health Organization (WHO) monitors the spread of diseases globally and
maintains a list of diseases with epidemic or pandemic potential. Currently listed diseases …

An overview of Rift Valley fever vaccine development strategies

PK Kitandwe, PF McKay, P Kaleebu, RJ Shattock - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne viral zoonosis that causes high fetal and
neonatal mortality in ruminants and a mild to fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans. There are …

Rift Valley fever–a growing threat to humans and animals

M Kwaśnik, W Rożek, J Rola - Journal of veterinary research, 2021 - sciendo.com
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic, vector-borne infectious disease of ruminants and
camels transmitted mainly by the Aedes and Culex mosquito species. Contact with the blood …

Host–Pathogen interactions influencing zoonotic spillover potential and transmission in humans

B Escudero-Pérez, A Lalande, C Mathieu, P Lawrence - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Emerging infectious diseases of zoonotic origin are an ever-increasing public health risk
and economic burden. The factors that determine if and when an animal virus is able to spill …

Aedes Mosquito Salivary Components and Their Effect on the Immune Response to Arboviruses

D Guerrero, T Cantaert, D Missé - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Vector-borne diseases are responsible for over a billion infections each year and nearly one
million deaths. Mosquito-borne dengue virus, West Nile, Japanese encephalitis, Zika …

Neurocognitive impacts of arbovirus infections

M Clé, P Eldin, L Briant, A Lannuzel, Y Simonin… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Arthropod-borne viruses or arbovirus, are most commonly associated with acute infections,
resulting on various symptoms ranging from mild fever to more severe disorders such as …

NSs amyloid formation is associated with the virulence of Rift Valley fever virus in mice

P Léger, E Nachman, K Richter, C Tamietti… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Amyloid fibrils result from the aggregation of host cell-encoded proteins, many giving rise to
specific human illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease. Here we show that the major …

Latest advances in arbovirus diagnostics

J Varghese, I De Silva, DS Millar - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Arboviruses are a diverse family of vector-borne pathogens that include members of the
Flaviviridae, Togaviridae, Phenuviridae, Peribunyaviridae, Reoviridae, Asfarviridae …

EGR1 upregulation during encephalitic viral infections contributes to inflammation and cell death

CW Lehman, A Smith, J Kelly, JL Jacobs, JD Dinman… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Early growth response 1 (EGR1) is an immediate early gene and transcription factor
previously found to be significantly upregulated in human astrocytoma cells infected with …