“…However, it has been episodically reported in several South and Central American countries, including Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, and Argentina [ 34 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 ], causing severe epidemics and leading to up to 40% yield losses [ 60 ]. Notably, characteristic symptoms of crinkling yellow color and deformation of rice leaves were recently observed in West African countries, including Burkina Faso [ 61 ], Benin [ 62 ], Mali [ 63 ], and Sierra Leone [ 64 ], suggesting that RSNV is re-emerging in Africa.…”