What is Rift Valley Fever?

What is Rift Valley Fever?

• Rift Valley Fever: Mosquito-borne viral infection affecting animals and humans.
• Rift Valley Fever: An acute infection caused by the RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS, an RNA arthropod-borne virus, affecting domestic animals and humans. In animals, symptoms include HEPATITIS; abortion (ABORTION, VETERINARY); and DEATH. In humans, symptoms range from those of a flu-like disease to hemorrhagic fever, ENCEPHALITIS, or BLINDNESS.
  Source - Diseases Database
• Rift Valley Fever: an infection common in Africa caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by mosquitoes or by handling infected animals.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Rift Valley Fever: Introduction

Types of Rift Valley Fever:

Broader types of Rift Valley Fever:

• Mosquito-borne diseases
• Viral infection
• Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
• Diseases contagious from animals
• more types...»

Who gets Rift Valley Fever?

Geography Profile for Rift Valley Fever: RVF is generally found in regions of eastern and southern Africa where sheep and cattle are raised. However, RVF virus also exists in most countries of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. (Source: excerpt from Rift Valley Fever: DVRD)

How serious is Rift Valley Fever?

Complications of Rift Valley Fever: see complications of Rift Valley Fever

What causes Rift Valley Fever?

Causes of Rift Valley Fever: see causes of Rift Valley Fever
Causes of Rift Valley Fever: The disease is caused by the RVF virus, a member of the genus Phlebovirus in the family Bunyaviridae. (Source: excerpt from Rift Valley Fever: DVRD)
Risk factors for Rift Valley Fever: see risk factors for Rift Valley Fever

What are the symptoms of Rift Valley Fever?

Symptoms of Rift Valley Fever: see symptoms of Rift Valley Fever

Complications of Rift Valley Fever: see complications of Rift Valley Fever

Duration of Rift Valley Fever: usually 2 days to 1 week

Can anyone else get Rift Valley Fever?

More information: see contagiousness of Rift Valley Fever

Rift Valley Fever: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Rift Valley Fever.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Rift Valley Fever.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Rift Valley Fever: see treatments for Rift Valley Fever
Prevention of Rift Valley Fever: see prevention of Rift Valley Fever
Research for Rift Valley Fever: see research for Rift Valley Fever

Name and Aliases of Rift Valley Fever

Main name of condition: Rift Valley Fever

Class of Condition for Rift Valley Fever: viral

RVF

Right ventricular failure, Cardiac failure, right sided Source - Diseases Database

Rift Valley fever
Source - WordNet 2.1

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