Rift Valley Fever in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Region

Zakham, Fathiah; Alaoui, Altaf; Vapalahti, Olli

doi:10.1007/s40475-018-0165-3

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“…RVFV has been responsible for devastating outbreaks throughout the African continent and has most recently been reported in the Arabian Peninsula (71,73,74). RVF was first described in 1931 after the infection of sheep in Kenya where close to 5,000 animals died within a month (71,75).…”

Section: Rift Valley Fever Virusmentioning

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“…RVF was first described in 1931 after the infection of sheep in Kenya where close to 5,000 animals died within a month (71,75). RVFV was endemic only in Africa and Madagascar until 2000, after when outbreaks were reported in Saudi Arabia and Yemen (73,74). Suitable habitats for maintenance RVFV are known to be shallow depressions with the presence of wet soil or flood plains of rivers; this might explain why RVFV has only been detected in the Afrotropical region (72).…”

Section: Rift Valley Fever Virusmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Potential of Using Capripoxvirus Vectored Vaccines Against Arboviruses in Sheep, Goats, and Cattle

Teffera

Babiuk

2019

Front. Vet. Sci.

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Capripoxviruses represent a genus of the poxviridae family under the subfamily chordopoxviriniae; the genus includes three animal virus species that have a devastating impact on sheep, goats, and cattle in Africa, Asia, and most recently Eastern Europe (1-4). The viruses in the genus are sheeppox virus (SPPV), goatpox virus (GTPV), and lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) which affect sheep, goats, and cattle, respectively (1, 4). Capripoxviruses share 98% sequence similarity between

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Section: Rift Valley Fever Virusmentioning

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Section: Rift Valley Fever Virusmentioning

confidence: 99%

Potential of Using Capripoxvirus Vectored Vaccines Against Arboviruses in Sheep, Goats, and Cattle

Teffera

Babiuk

2019

Front. Vet. Sci.

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“…In humans, RVFV illness can cause disease range from mild flu-like symptoms to severe hemorrhagic fever, which can lead to death in severe cases [6,8,20]. RVFV was first detected while investigating an epidemic among sheep in the Rift Valley of Kenya as it was circulating the African continent causing an epizootic epidemic among humans and non-humans until it reached the Arabian Peninsula in 2000 and caused an outbreak in Saudi Arabia and Yemen [7,21]. At least 215 people died in that outbreak, with more than 1,500 people infected with the virus, and major domestic animal loss was documented [22].…”

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“…The geographical distribution of RVF indicates that until 2000, the disease was limited to sub-Saharan Africa before expanding to the Arabian Peninsula [ 13 ]. As far as North African countries are concerned, Egypt experienced extensive outbreaks in 1977–78 and it is believed that the virus was introduced from Sudan through the Aswan dam [ 14 ].…”

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Risk based serological survey of Rift Valley fever in Tunisia (2017–2018)

Kalthoum

Arsevska

Kaouther

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Rift Valley fever (RVF) has been reported in the sub-Saharan region of Africa, Egypt and Arabian Peninsula - Yemen and Saudi Arabia, over the past 20 years and is a threat to both the animal and human populations in Tunisia. Tunisia is considered as a high-risk country for the introduction of RVF due to the informal movements of diseased animals already reported in the neighboring countries. The objective of this study was to assess the status of RVF in small ruminants and camels in Tunisia. A risk-based serological survey was conducted to evaluate the presence of RVF based on spatial qualitative risk analysis (SQRA). Samples were collected from small ruminants (sheep and goats) (n = 1,114), and camels (n = 173) samples, belonging to 18 breeders in 14 governorates between November 2017 and January 2018. Samples were tested using an RVF specific multispecies competitive ELISA. Out of the 1,287 samples tested for the presence of RVF IgG antibodies by ELISA, only one positive sample 0.07% (1/1 287) was detected but not confirmed with the virus neutralization test (VNT) used for confirmation. So far, no RVF outbreaks have been reported in Tunisia and our study confirmed the absence of RVF in livestock up to January 2018. Further investigations are needed to confirm the RVF-free status of Tunisia today.

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Rift Valley Fever in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Region

Cited by 5 publications

References 39 publications

Potential of Using Capripoxvirus Vectored Vaccines Against Arboviruses in Sheep, Goats, and Cattle

Potential of Using Capripoxvirus Vectored Vaccines Against Arboviruses in Sheep, Goats, and Cattle

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Risk based serological survey of Rift Valley fever in Tunisia (2017–2018)

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