ReviewPLoS neglected tropical diseases2011
The 2007 Rift Valley fever outbreak in Sudan.
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88 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prioritizing smallholder animal health needs in East Africa, West Africa, and South Asia using three approaches: Literature review, expert workshops, and practitioner surveys.Preventive veterinary medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Traits and risk factors of post-disaster infectious disease outbreaks: a systematic review.Scientific reports · 2021Pooled it
- A Cross-Sectional Study of Rift Valley Fever Exposure in Humans and Livestock in Southwestern Uganda Using a One Health Approach: Evidence of Elevated Seroprevalence Outside Recognized Outbreak Periods.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Rift Valley fever virus activates multiple cell death pathways in neurons.Journal of virology · 2026Article
- Cross-border introduction risk of Rift Valley fever virus: surveillance evidence from intercepted livestock in southwestern Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Rift Valley Fever Virus Transmission During an Unreported Outbreak Among People and Livestock in South-Central Tanzania.Viruses · 2025Article
- Recent advances in treatment and detection of Rift Valley fever virus: a comprehensive overview.Virus genes · 2025Review
- The public health threat of emerging phenuiviruses.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Review
- Co-Infection ofViruses · 2025Article
- Achievement of one health multi-sectoral collaboration in containment of Rift Valley Fever outbreak, Sudan, Red Sea State 2019.European journal of public health · 2025Article
- Rift Valley fever outbreak among animal handlers in Kinyogoga Village, Nakaseke District, Central Uganda: A case study.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- The socioeconomic impacts of Rift Valley fever: A rapid review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Review
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- Ability of a dynamical climate sensitive disease model to reproduce historical Rift Valley Fever outbreaks over Africa.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- One Health early warning and response system for zoonotic diseases outbreaks: Emphasis on the involvement of grassroots actors.Veterinary medicine and science · 2023Article
- Transcriptomic Profiling Reveals Intense Host-Pathogen Dispute Compromising Homeostasis during Acute Rift Valley Fever Virus Infection.Journal of virology · 2023Article
- Mechanistic insight into the efficient packaging of antigenomic S RNA into Rift Valley fever virus particles.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023Article
- Rift Valley Fever Virus Infects the Posterior Segment of the Eye and Induces Inflammation in a Rat Model of Ocular Disease.Journal of virology · 2022Article
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- Advances in Understanding Neuropathogenesis of Rift Valley Fever Virus.Annual review of virology · 2022Review
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Abstract
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a neglected, emerging, mosquito-borne disease with severe negative impact on human and animal health and economy. RVF is caused by RVF virus (RVFV) affecting humans and a wide range of animals. The virus is transmitted through bites from mosquitoes and exposure to viremic blood, body fluids, or tissues of infected animals. During 2007 a large RVF outbreak occurred in Sudan with a total of 747 confirmed human cases including 230 deaths (case fatality 30.8%); although it has been estimated 75,000 were infected. It was most severe in White Nile, El Gezira, and Sennar states near to the White Nile and the Blue Nile Rivers. Notably, RVF was not demonstrated in livestock until after the human cases appeared and unfortunately, there are no records or reports of the number of affected animals or deaths. Ideally, animals should serve as sentinels to prevent loss of human life, but the situation here was reversed. Animal contact seemed to be the most dominant risk factor followed by animal products and mosquito bites. The Sudan outbreak followed an unusually heavy rainfall in the country with severe flooding and previous studies on RVF in Sudan suggest that RVFV is endemic in parts of Sudan. An RVF outbreak results in human disease, but also large economic loss with an impact beyond the immediate influence on the directly affected agricultural producers. The outbreak emphasizes the need for collaboration between veterinary and health authorities, entomologists, environmental specialists, and biologists, as the best strategy towards the prevention and control of RVF.
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