The persistence of Rift Valley fever in the Jazan region of Saudi Arabia

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1131-1136

  Elfadil, A A ^a   Hasab Allah, K A ^a   Dafa Allah, O M ^a   Elmanea, A A ^a  

^a Ministry of Agriculture ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Epidemiological surveillance; Jazan; Middle East; Persistence; Rift Valley fever; Saudi Arabia; Serological survey

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33847673125     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: 16080645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.25.3.1716     Document Type: Review

References (19)

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (1998). - Rift Valley fever - East Africa, 1997-1998. MMWR, 47 (13), 261-264.
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2000). - Outbreak of Rift Valley fever - Saudi Arabia, August-October, 2000. MMWR, 49 (40), 905-908. Erratum: MMWR, 49 (41), 940.
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2000). - Outbreak of Rift Valley fever - Yemen, August-October 2000. MMWR, 49 (47), 1065-1066.
4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2000). - Update: outbreak of Rift Valley fever - Saudi Arabia, August-November 2000. MMWR, 49 (43), 982-985.
5. Elfadil A.A., Musa S.M., Al Khamees M., Al Mujalli D. & Al Ahmed K. (2004). - Epidemiologic study on Rift Valley fever in the south-west Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. J. Sci. Tech., 5 (1), 110-119.
6. Elfadil A.A., Musa S.M. & Ali S.S. (2005). - Antibody response of sheep and goats in Saudi Arabia to the live attenuated Rift Valley fever vaccine. J. Sci. Tech., 6 (1), 126-133.
7. Elfadil A.A. & Ali S.S. (2006). - Serological survey of Rift Valley fever in Jazan region, Saudi Arabia. J. Sci. Tech., 7 (1), 5-13.
8. Jupp P.G., Grobbelaar A.A., Leman P.A., Kemp A., Dunton R.F., Burkot T.R., Ksiazek T.G. & Swanepoel R. (2000). - Experimental detection of Rift Valley fever virus by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay in large samples of mosquitoes. J. med. Entomol., 37 (3), 467-471.
9. Jupp P.G., Kemp A., Grobbelaar A., Leman P., Burt F.J., Alahmed A.M., Al Mujalli D., Al Khamees M. & Swanepoel R. (2002). - The 2000 epidemic of Rift Valley fever in Saudi Arabia: mosquito vector studies. Med. vet. Entomol., 16 (3), 245-252. Erratum: Med. vet. Entomol., 16 (4), 464.
10. Linthicum K.J., Davies F.G., Kairo A. & Bailey C.L. (1985). - Rift Valley fever virus (family Bunyaviridae, genus Phlebovirus): isolations from Diptera collected during an interepizootic period in Kenya. J. Hyg. (London), 95 (1), 197-209.
11. McIntosh B.M., Jupp P.G., Dos Santos I. & Rowe A.C. (1983). - Field and laboratory evidence implicating Culex zombaensis and Aedes circumluteolus as vectors of Rift Valley fever virus in coastal South Africa. S. Afr. J. Sci., 79, 61-64.
12. Madani T.A., Al-Mazrou Y.Y., Al-Jeffri M.H., Mishkhas A.A., Al-Rabeah A.M., Turkistani A.M., Al-Sayed M.O., Abodahish A.A., Khan A.S., Ksiazek T.G. & Shobokshi O. (2003). - Rift Valley fever epidemic in Saudi Arabia: epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory characteristics. Clin. infect. Dis., 37 (8), 1084-1092. Epub.: 23 September 2003.
13. Meegan J.M. (1981). - Rift Valley fever in Egypt: an overview of the epizootics in 1977 and 1978. Contrib. Epidemiol. Biostat., 3, 100-103.
14. Paweska J.T., Burt F.J., Anthony F., Smith S.J., Grobbelaar A.A., Croft J.E., Ksiazek T.G. & Swanepoel R. (2003). - IgG-sandwich and IgM-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of antibody to Rift Valley fever virus in domestic ruminants. J. virol. Meth., 113 (2), 103-112.
15. Shoemaker T., Boulianne C., Vincent M.J., Pezzanite L., Al-Qahtani M.M., Al-Mazrou Y., Khan A.S., Rollin P.E., Swanepoel R., Ksiazek T.G. & Nichol S.T. (2002). - Genetic analysis of viruses associated with emergence of Rift Valley fever in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, 2000-2001. Emerg. infect. Dis., 8 (12), 1415-1420.
16. Thiongane Y., Gonzales J.P., Fati A. & Akakpo J.A. (1991). - Changes in Rift Valley fever neutralizing antibody prevalence among small domestic ruminants following the 1987 outbreak in the Senegal River basin. Res. Virol., 142 (1), 67-70.
17. World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (1996). - Rift Valley fever. In OIE Manual of Standards for Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines, Chapter 2.1.8. OIE, Paris, 102-108.
18. World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (2002). - Rift Valley fever: prevention and control. OIE Animal Disease Cards. Available at www.oie.int (last accessed on 1 September 2006).
19. Zeller H.G., Fontenille D., Traore-Lamizana M., Thiongane Y. & Digoutte J.R (1997). - Enzootic activity of Rift Valley fever virus in Senegal. Am. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 56 (3), 265-272.