[HTML][HTML] Rift Valley fever virus (Bunyaviridae: Phlebovirus): an update on pathogenesis, molecular epidemiology, vectors, diagnostics and prevention

M Pepin, M Bouloy, BH Bird, A Kemp… - Veterinary …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rift Valley fever (RVF) virus is an arbovirus in the Bunyaviridae family that, from
phylogenetic analysis, appears to have first emerged in the mid-19th century and was only …

Rift Valley fever: an emerging mosquito-borne disease

KJ Linthicum, SC Britch… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Rift Valley fever (RVF), an emerging mosquito-borne zoonotic infectious viral disease
caused by the RVF virus (RVFV)(Bunyaviridae: Phlebovirus), presents significant threats to …

Rift Valley fever virus

BH Bird, TG Ksiazek, ST Nichol… - Journal of the …, 2009 - Am Vet Med Assoc
Rift Valley fever virus is a notorious cause of accidental infection among laboratory workers
and veterinarians. Direct contact with infected animals, especially during necropsy and …

Health risks at the Hajj

QA Ahmed, YM Arabi, ZA Memish - The Lancet, 2006 - thelancet.com
Annually, millions of Muslims embark on a religious pilgrimage called the" Hajj" to Mecca in
Saudi Arabia. The mass migration during the Hajj is unparalleled in scale, and pilgrims face …

[HTML][HTML] Rift Valley fever virus: A review of diagnosis and vaccination, and implications for emergence in Europe

KL Mansfield, AC Banyard, L McElhinney, N Johnson… - Vaccine, 2015 - Elsevier
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a mosquito-borne virus, and is the causative agent of Rift
Valley fever (RVF), a zoonotic disease characterised by an increased incidence of abortion …

[HTML][HTML] An investigation of a major outbreak of Rift Valley fever in Kenya: 2006–2007

PM Nguku, SK Sharif, D Mutonga… - The American journal …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract An outbreak of Rift Valley fever (RVF) occurred in Kenya during November 2006
through March 2007. We characterized the magnitude of the outbreak through disease …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors for severe Rift Valley fever infection in Kenya, 2007

AS Anyangu, LH Gould, SK Sharif… - The American journal …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A large Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreak occurred in Kenya from December 2006 to March
2007. We conducted a study to define risk factors associated with infection and severe …

Potential vectors of Rift Valley fever virus in the Mediterranean region

S Moutailler, G Krida, F Schaffner… - Vector-borne and …, 2008 - liebertpub.com
We evaluated the ability of three mosquito species (Aedes caspius, Aedes detritus, Culex
pipiens), collected in southern France and Tunisia, and of different laboratory-established …

Rift Valley fever virus

R Flick, M Bouloy - Current molecular medicine, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
Rift Valley fever is considered to be one of the most important viral zoonoses in Africa. In
2000, the Rift valley fever virus spread to the Arabian Peninsula and caused two …

[PDF][PDF] The impact of climate change on the epidemiology and control of Rift Valley fever

V Martin, V Chevalier, P Ceccato, A Anyamba… - 2008 - agritrop.cirad.fr
Climate change is likely to change the frequency of extreme weather events, such as tropical
cyclones, floods, droughts and hurricanes, and may destabilise and weaken the ecosystem …