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Rift Valley Fever
Introduction: Rift Valley Fever
Rift Valley Fever: Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an acute, fever-causing viral disease that affects domestic animals (such as cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, and camels) and ... more about Rift Valley Fever.
Rift Valley Fever: Mosquito-borne viral infection affecting animals and humans. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Rift Valley Fever is available below.
Symptoms of Rift Valley Fever
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Causes of Rift Valley Fever
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Prognosis for Rift Valley Fever
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Clinical Trials for Rift Valley Fever
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Rift Valley Fever include:
- Rift Valley Fever in Kenya - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
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Prevention of Rift Valley Fever
Prevention information for Rift Valley Fever has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Rift Valley Fever.
- Avoid mosquito bites
- See also prevention of mosquito bites
- See also prevention of mosquito-borne diseases
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Rift Valley Fever: DVRD (Excerpt)
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an acute, fever-causing viral disease that affects domestic animals (such as cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, and camels) and humans. RVF is most commonly associated with mosquito-borne epidemics during years of heavy rainfall. (Source: excerpt from Rift Valley Fever: DVRD)
Facts About Rift Valley Fever: CDC-OC (Excerpt)
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an acute, fever-causing viral disease that affects domestic animals (such as cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, and camels) and people. RVF is most commonly associated with mosquito-borne epidemics during years of heavy rainfall. The disease was first reported among livestock by veterinary officers in Kenya in the early 1900s. (Source: excerpt from Facts About Rift Valley Fever: CDC-OC)
Definitions of 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)
An infection common in Africa caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by mosquitoes or by handling infected animals - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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