Rift Valley fever

National Institute for Communicable Diseases. Healthcare workers guidelines on Rift Valley fever (RVF). Jan 2021 [internet publication].Full text

1. National Institute for Communicable Diseases. Healthcare workers guidelines on Rift Valley fever (RVF). Jan 2021 [internet publication].Full text

2. Jankovic J, Mazziotta J, Pomeroy S, et al. Bradley and Daroff's neurology in clinical practice, 2-volume set. 8th ed. Elsevier. 2021.

3. Baudin M, Jumaa AM, Jomma HJE, et al. Association of Rift Valley fever virus infection with miscarriage in Sudanese women: a cross-sectional study. Lancet Glob Health. 2016 Nov;4(11):e864-71.Full text  Abstract

4. Murithi RM, Munyua P, Ithondeka PM, et al. Rift Valley fever in Kenya: history of epizootics and identification of vulnerable districts. Epidemiol Infect. 2011 Mar;139(3):372-80. Abstract

5. Daubney R, Hudson JR, Garnham PC. Enzootic hepatitis or Rift Valley fever. An undescribed virus disease of sheep, cattle and man from east Africa.1931;34(4):545-79.

6. Pepin M, Bouloy M, Bird BH, et al. Rift Valley fever virus (Bunyaviridae: Phlebovirus): an update on pathogenesis, molecular epidemiology, vectors, diagnostics and prevention. Vet Res. 2010;41:61.Full text  Abstract

7. Tantely ML, Rakotoniaina JC, Tata E, et al. Biology of mosquitoes that are potential vectors of Rift Valley fever virus in different biotopes of the central highlands of Madagascar. J Med Entomol. 2013;50:603-10. Abstract

8. LaBeaud AD, Ochiai Y, Peters CJ, et al. Spectrum of Rift Valley fever virus transmission in Kenya: insights from three distinct regions. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 May;76(5):795-800.Full text  Abstract

9. Golnar AJ, Turell MJ, LaBeaud AD, et al. Predicting the mosquito species and vertebrate species involved in the theoretical transmission of Rift Valley fever virus in the United States. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Sep 11;8(9):e3163.Full text  Abstract

10. Gerken KN, LaBeaud AD, Mandi H, et al. Paving the way for human vaccination against Rift Valley fever virus: a systematic literature review of RVFV epidemiology from 1999 to 2021. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 Jan 24;16(1).Full text  Abstract

11. World Health Organization. Rift Valley fever. Feb 2018 [internet publication].Full text

12. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rift Valley fever. Jun 2023 [internet publication].Full text

13. World Health Organization. Disease outbreak news. Rift Valley fever - Mauritania. Nov 2020 [internet publication].Full text

14. Jingyuan Liu, Yulan Sun, Weifeng Shi, et al. The first imported case of Rift Valley fever in China reveals a genetic reassortment of different viral lineages. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2017 Jan 18;6(1):e4.Full text  Abstract

15. World Health Organization. Disease outbreak news. Rift Valley fever - Kenya. Feb 2021 [internet publication].Full text

16. Centers for Disease Control. Notes from the field: Rift Valley fever outbreak — Mbarara district, western Uganda, January–March 2023. Jun 2023 [internet publication].Full text

17. World Health Organization. Disease outbreak news. Rift Valley fever - Mayotte (France). May 2019 [internet publication].Full text

18. World Health Organization. Disease outbreak news. Rift Valley fever - Sudan. November 2019 [internet publication].Full text

19. Mordecai EA, Ryan SJ, Caldwell JM, et al. Climate change could shift disease burden from malaria to arboviruses in Africa. Lancet Planet Health. 2020 Sep;4(9):e416-23.Full text  Abstract

20. Gerken KN, Mutuku FM, Ndenga BA, et al. Urban risk factors for human Rift Valley fever virus exposure in Kenya. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022 Jul 14;2(7).Full text

21. Glancey MM, Anyamba A, Linthicum KJ. Epidemiologic and environmental risk factors of Rift Valley fever in Southern Africa from 2008 to 2011. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2015;15:502-11.Full text  Abstract

22. Chretien JP, Anyamba A, Small J, et al. Global climate anomalies and potential infectious disease risks: 2014-2015. PLoS Curr. 2015;7.Full text  Abstract

23. Anyamba A, Small JL, Britch SC, et al. Recent weather extremes and impacts on agricultural production and vector-borne disease outbreak patterns. PLoS One. 2014;9:e92538.Full text  Abstract

24. Anyamba A, Linthicum KJ, Small JL, et al. Climate teleconnections and recent patterns of human and animal disease outbreaks. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012;6:e1465.Full text  Abstract

25. Anyamba A, Linthicum KJ, Small J, et al. Prediction, assessment of the Rift Valley fever activity in East and Southern Africa 2006-2008 and possible vector control strategies. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010;83(suppl 2):43-51.Full text  Abstract

26. Anyamba A, Chretien JP, Small J, et al. Prediction of a Rift Valley fever outbreak. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009;106:955-9.Full text  Abstract

27. Bird BH, Nichol ST. Breaking the chain: Rift Valley fever virus control via livestock vaccination. Curr Opin Virol. 2012 Jun;2(3):315-23. Abstract

28. LaBeaud AD, Pfeil S, Muiruri S, et al. Factors associated with severe human Rift Valley fever in Sangailu, Garissa County, Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015;9:e0003548.Full text  Abstract

29. Hise AG, Traylor Z, Hall NB, et al. Association of symptoms and severity of Rift Valley fever with genetic polymorphisms in human innate immune pathways. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015;9:e0003584.Full text  Abstract

30. Nicholas DE, Jacobsen KH, Waters NM. Risk factors associated with human Rift Valley fever infection: systematic review and meta-analysis. Trop Med Int Health. 2014;19:1420-9.Full text  Abstract

31. Muiruri S, Kabiru EW, Muchiri EM, et al. Cross-sectional survey of Rift Valley fever virus exposure in Bodhei Village located in a transitional coastal forest habitat in Lamu County, Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015;92:394-400.Full text  Abstract

32. LaBeaud AD, Muchiri EM, Ndzovu M, et al. Interepidemic Rift Valley fever virus seropositivity, northeastern Kenya. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Aug;14(8):1240-6.Full text  Abstract

33. Gray GC, Anderson BD, LaBeaud AD, et al. Seroepidemiological study of interepidemic Rift Valley fever virus infection among persons with intense ruminant exposure in Madagascar and Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015;93:1364-70.Full text  Abstract

34. Olive MM, Chevalier V, Grosbois V, et al. Integrated analysis of environment, cattle, and human serological data: risks and mechanisms of transmission of Rift Valley fever in Madagascar. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016;10:e0004827.Full text  Abstract

35. LaBeaud AD, Muiruri S, Sutherland LJ, et al. Postepidemic analysis of Rift Valley fever virus transmission in northeastern Kenya: a village cohort study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011;5:e1265.Full text  Abstract

36. LaBeaud AD, Cross PC, Getz WM, et al. Rift Valley fever virus infection in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) herds in rural South Africa: evidence of interepidemic transmission. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011;84:641-6.Full text  Abstract

37. Ochieng C, Ahenda P, Vittor AY, et al. Seroprevalence of infections with dengue, Rift Valley fever, and chikungunya viruses in Kenya, 2007. PLoS One. 2015;10:e0132645.Full text  Abstract

38. Tantely ML, Rakotoniaina JC, Tata E, et al. Biology of mosquitoes that are potential vectors of Rift Valley fever virus in different biotopes of the central highlands of Madagascar. J Med Entomol. 2013;50:603-10.Full text  Abstract

39. Sindato C, Karimuribo ED, Pfeiffer DU, et al. Spatial and temporal pattern of Rift Valley fever outbreaks in Tanzania; 1930 to 2007. PLoS One. 2014;9:e88897.Full text  Abstract

40. Terasaki K, Makino S. Interplay between the virus and host in Rift Valley fever pathogenesis. J Innate Immun. 2015;7:450-8.Full text  Abstract

41. Madani TA, Al-Mazrou YY, Al-Jeffri MH, et al. Rift Valley fever epidemic in Saudi Arabia: epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory characteristics. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Oct 15;37(8):1084-92.Full text  Abstract

42. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yellow Book. Environmental hazards and other noninfectious health risks: mosquitoes, ticks and other arthropods. May 2023 [internet publication].Full text

43. Faburay B, LaBeaud AD, McVey DS, et al. Current status of Rift Valley fever vaccine development. Vaccines (Basel). 2017 Sep 19;5(3):29.Full text  Abstract

44. Mansfield KL, Banyard AC, McElhinney L, et al. Rift Valley fever virus: a review of diagnosis and vaccination, and implications for emergence in Europe. Vaccine. 2015 Oct 13;33(42):5520-31.Full text  Abstract

45. Dungu B, Louw I, Lubisi A, et al. Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of the Rift Valley fever clone 13 vaccine in sheep. Vaccine. 2010;28:4581-7. Abstract

46. Botros B, Omar A, Elian K, et al. Adverse response of non-indigenous cattle of European breeds to live attenuated Smithburn Rift Valley fever vaccine. J Med Virol. 2006;78:787-91. Abstract

47. World Health Organization. WHO target product profiles for Rift Valley fever virus vaccines. 2019 [internet publication].Full text

48. LaBeaud AD, Bashir F, King CH. Measuring the burden of arboviral diseases: the spectrum of morbidity and mortality from four prevalent infections. Popul Health Metr. 2011 Jan 10;9(1):1.Full text  Abstract

49. Kahlon SS, Peters CJ, Leduc J, et al. Severe Rift Valley fever may present with a characteristic clinical syndrome. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Mar;82(3):371-5.Full text  Abstract

50. World Organisation for Animal Health. Rift Valley fever animal disease information. 2018 [internet publication].Full text

51. Al-Hazmi A, Al-Rajhi AA, Abboud EB, et al. Ocular complications of Rift Valley fever outbreak in Saudi Arabia. Ophthalmology. 2005 Feb;112(2):313-8. Abstract

52. Siam AL, Meegan JM. Ocular disease resulting from infection with Rift Valley fever virus. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1980;74:539-41. Abstract

53. Newman-Garhardt S, Muiruri S, Muchiri E, et al. Potential for autoimmune pathogenesis of Rift Valley fever virus retinitis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013;89:495-7.Full text  Abstract

54. El Imam M, El Sabiq M, Omran M, et al. Acute renal failure associated with the Rift Valley fever: a single center study. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2009 Nov;20(6):1047-52.Full text  Abstract

55. Al-Hazmi M, Ayoola EA, Abdurahman M, et al. Epidemic Rift Valley fever in Saudi Arabia: a clinical study of severe illness in humans. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Feb 1;36(3):245-52Full text  Abstract

56. Ikegami T, Makino S. The pathogenesis of Rift Valley fever. Viruses. 2011;3:493-519.Full text  Abstract

57. Arishi HM, Ageel AY, Al-Hazmi MM. Vertical transmission of fatal Rift Valley fever in a newborn. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2006 Sep;26(3):251-3. Abstract

58. Jansen van Vuren P, Shalekoff S, Grobbelaar AA, et al. Serum levels of inflammatory cytokines in Rift Valley fever patients are indicative of severe disease. Virol J. 2015 Oct 6;12:159.Full text  Abstract

59. Hartley DM, Rinderknecht JL, Nipp TL, et al; National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense Advisory Group on Rift Valley Fever. Potential effects of Rift Valley fever in the United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Aug;17(8):e1.Full text  Abstract

60. United States Department of Agriculture. Foreign Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Plan (FAD PReP). Disease response strategy: Rift Valley fever. Aug 2013 [internet publication].Full text