Absence of rift valley Fever virus in wild small mammals, madagascar.

Marie-Marie Olive (1) , Nadia Razafindralambo (1) , Tony Andrianaivo Barivelo (2) , Jean-Théophile Rafisandratantsoa (1) , Voahangy Soarimalala (2) , Steven Goodman (3) , Steven M Goodman (2, 3) , Pierre Rollin (4) , Jean-Michel Heraud (1) , Jean-Marc Reynes (5)

1 Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
2 Association Vahatra [Antananarivo, Madagascar]
3 Field Museum of Natural History [Chicago, USA]
4 CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Atlanta]
5 UBIVE - Biologie des Infections Virales Émergentes - Biology of Emerging Viral Infections

Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic virus in the family Bunyaviridae, genus Phlebovirus, which affects mainly domestic ruminants and humans on continental Africa, Madagascar, and the Arabian Peninsula (1). RVFV is transmitted between ruminants mainly by bites of mosquitoes of several genera (1). Infection can lead to mild symptoms or can cause abortion in pregnant animals and high mortality rates among newborns. Humans are mostly infected by aerosol transmission when handling infected tissues (aborted fetuses or meat), which results in dengue-like illness. Some cases in humans can be in a severe form (hemorrhagic fever and meningoencephalitis), which can be fatal.

Keywords: viruses; Madagascar; Rift Valley fever; wild terrestrial mammals

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]

Marie-Marie Olive, Nadia Razafindralambo, Tony Andrianaivo Barivelo, Jean-Théophile Rafisandratantsoa, Voahangy Soarimalala, et al.. Absence of rift valley Fever virus in wild small mammals, madagascar.. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013, 19 (6), pp.1025-7. ⟨10.3201/eid1906.121074⟩. ⟨pasteur-00835116⟩