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A need for One Health approach lessons learned from outbreaks of Rift Valley fever in Saudi Arabia and Sudan

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dc.contributor.author Hassan, Osama Ahmed
dc.contributor.author Magnus, Evander
dc.date.issued 2014-02
dc.date.accessioned 2021-07-01T11:54:02Z
dc.date.available 2021-07-01T11:54:02Z
dc.identifier.uri http://41.89.96.81:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2635
dc.description.abstract The emerging Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a transboundary zoonotic disease, transmitted to animals and humans via mosquito bites, but also directly through exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues of infected animals (1). It is caused by RVF virus (RVFV) belonging to the Bunyaviridae family, genus Phlebovirus, which is endemic in many African countries, and also since 2000 in the Arabian Peninsula where Saudi Arabia and Yemen have been affected (2, 3). The RVFV usually causes outbreaks after floods when the conditions are favorable for virus transmission via mosquitoes (4). There is great concern that the disease will continue to spread to new regions around the world, such as South-East Asia, Americas, and Europe with potentially devastating consequences (5 7). The increased animal trade and the possibility of vectors transported aerially as well as climate change could increase the risk for the disease to expand further (8 10). en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Taylor & Francis en_US
dc.subject Rift Valley fever in Saudi Arabia and Sudan en_US
dc.title A need for One Health approach lessons learned from outbreaks of Rift Valley fever in Saudi Arabia and Sudan en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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