Rift valley fever.
Rift Valley fever is a viral disease that affects domestic animals and humans. In humans, Rift Valley fever causes a flu-like disease but occasionally leads to high morbidity and mortality. The disease is generally known in the African continent. However, cases started to appear in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The objective of this review is to give a general briefing about the epidemiology, ecology and management of the disease.
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Department of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, PO Box 115, Jeddah 21411, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. shshawky@hotmail.com
D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000821:virology; D009017:Morbidity; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods; D012295:Rift Valley Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D012307:Risk Factors; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015006:Yemen / Q000453:epidemiology