Rift Valley fever

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic, viral, vector-borne disease that represents a threat to human health, animal health and livestock production in Africa, and potentially Europe, the Near East and the rest of the world. RVF virus belongs to the Bunyaviridae family, in the Phlebovirus genus, and is transmitted by a very large number of genera and species of arthropods, especially from the genus Aedes (which is considered the primary vector) and Culex, as well as Anopheles...

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Main Author: Plee, L.;Pinto, J.;Lubroth, J.;Martin, V.;Animal Production and Health Division
Format: Book (series) biblioteca
Language:English
Published: 2012
Online Access:https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/AP392E
http://www.fao.org/3/a-ap392e.pdf
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Summary:Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic, viral, vector-borne disease that represents a threat to human health, animal health and livestock production in Africa, and potentially Europe, the Near East and the rest of the world. RVF virus belongs to the Bunyaviridae family, in the Phlebovirus genus, and is transmitted by a very large number of genera and species of arthropods, especially from the genus Aedes (which is considered the primary vector) and Culex, as well as Anopheles...