TY - JOUR
T1 - Rift Valley Fever
T2 - An Emerging Mosquito-Borne Disease∗
AU - Linthicum, Kenneth J.
AU - Britch, Seth C.
AU - Anyamba, Assaf
PY - 2016/3/11
Y1 - 2016/3/11
N2 - Rift Valley fever (RVF), an emerging mosquito-borne zoonotic infectious viral disease caused by the RVF virus (RVFV) (Bunyaviridae: Phlebovirus), presents significant threats to global public health and agriculture in Africa and the Middle East. RVFV is listed as a select agent with significant potential for international spread and use in bioterrorism. RVFV has caused large, devastating periodic epizootics and epidemics in Africa over the past ∼60 years, with severe economic and nutritional impacts on humans from illness and livestock loss. In the past 15 years alone, RVFV caused tens of thousands of human cases, hundreds of human deaths, and more than 100,000 domestic animal deaths. Cattle, sheep, goats, and camels are particularly susceptible to RVF and serve as amplifying hosts for the virus. This review highlights recent research on RVF, focusing on vectors and their ecology, transmission dynamics, and use of environmental and climate data to predict disease outbreaks. Important directions for future research are also discussed.
AB - Rift Valley fever (RVF), an emerging mosquito-borne zoonotic infectious viral disease caused by the RVF virus (RVFV) (Bunyaviridae: Phlebovirus), presents significant threats to global public health and agriculture in Africa and the Middle East. RVFV is listed as a select agent with significant potential for international spread and use in bioterrorism. RVFV has caused large, devastating periodic epizootics and epidemics in Africa over the past ∼60 years, with severe economic and nutritional impacts on humans from illness and livestock loss. In the past 15 years alone, RVFV caused tens of thousands of human cases, hundreds of human deaths, and more than 100,000 domestic animal deaths. Cattle, sheep, goats, and camels are particularly susceptible to RVF and serve as amplifying hosts for the virus. This review highlights recent research on RVF, focusing on vectors and their ecology, transmission dynamics, and use of environmental and climate data to predict disease outbreaks. Important directions for future research are also discussed.
KW - Aedes
KW - Culex
KW - Disease forecasting
KW - Environmental and climate linkages
KW - Hemorrhagic disease
KW - Zoonosis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84961825300&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1146/annurev-ento-010715-023819
DO - 10.1146/annurev-ento-010715-023819
M3 - Review article
C2 - 26982443
AN - SCOPUS:84961825300
SN - 0066-4170
VL - 61
SP - 395
EP - 415
JO - Annual Review of Entomology
JF - Annual Review of Entomology
ER -
