Antibodies against Rift Valley Fever Virus in Cattle, Mozambique
Emerg. infect. dis. (Online)
; 19: 1177-1179, jul 7, 2013.
Article
in English
| RSDM
| ID: biblio-1532408
Responsible library:
MZ1.1
ABSTRACT
During the past 2 decades, several countries in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, to which Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is endemic, have reported outbreaks of Rift Valley fever in humans and livestock. The first evidence of RVFV in Mozambique was documented as early as the 1960s (1). Endemicity was subsequently confirmed in the 1980s by a prevalence study that identified virusspecific antibodies in 2% of pregnant women (2) and in the 1990s by serosurveillance in Zambezia Province, which showed that cattle had been infected with RVFV.
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National databases
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MZ
Database:
RSDM
Main subject:
Rift Valley Fever
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Rift Valley fever virus
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Cattle Diseases
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
Emerg. infect. dis. (Online)
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article