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ArticleHealth science reports2022

Rift Valley fever during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: A double burden for Africa's healthcare system.

Olivier Uwishema, Elie Chalhoub, Tania Torbati, Success Chekwube David, Carlo Khoury, Lucas Loiola Ponte Albuquerque Ribeiro, Yves Nasrallah, Bezawit Kassahun Bekele, Helen Onyeaka

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Article in Health science reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 8 institutions in 8 countries.

Olivier UwishemaOli Health Magazine Organization Research and Education Kigali Rwanda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0692-9027
Elie ChalhoubOli Health Magazine Organization Research and Education Kigali Rwanda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6274-3358
Tania TorbatiDepartment of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Western University of Health Sciences Pomona California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9409-791X
Success Chekwube DavidOli Health Magazine Organization Research and Education Kigali Rwanda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3792-8326
Carlo KhouryOli Health Magazine Organization Research and Education Kigali Rwanda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3018-8772
Lucas Loiola Ponte Albuquerque RibeiroOli Health Magazine Organization Research and Education Kigali Rwanda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7620-6393
Yves NasrallahOli Health Magazine Organization Research and Education Kigali Rwanda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3819-9866
Bezawit Kassahun BekeleOli Health Magazine Organization Research and Education Kigali Rwanda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2926-235X
Helen OnyeakaSchool of Chemical Engineering University of Birmingham Birmingham UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3846-847X
Saint Joseph University · LBHoly Spirit University of Kaslik · LBKaradeniz Technical University · TRRwanda Meteorological Service · RWUniversidade de Fortaleza · BRUniversity of Birmingham · GBUniversity of Nigeria · NGWestern University of Health Sciences · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A new rising incidence of Rift Valley fever (RVF) among livestock and humans in the African continent during the COVID-19 pandemic has become of increasing concern. We analyzed the different ways COVID-19 has contributed to the increase in RVF cases and how it has impacted the interventions allocated to the disease by comparing it with the status of the disease before the pandemic. There is enough evidence to conclude that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the efforts being taken to prevent outbreaks of RVF. Therefore, with no definitive treatment in place and inadequate preventive measures and disease control, RVF may potentially lead to a future epidemic unless addressed urgently.

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AfricaburdenCOVID‐19Rift Valley fever

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PMID35024458
PMCPMC8733828
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