Rift Valley fever in goats, Cameroon.(Letter to the editor)

From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: April 1, 2006| Author: Burke, Donald S.; Daszak, Peter; Djoko, Cyrille F.; Kwenkam, Paul Yemgai; LeBreton, Matthew; Umlauf, Sally; Wolfe, Nathan D. | Copyright information

To the Editor: Rift Valley fever (RVF) is caused by an RNA virus (Phlebovirus, Bunyaviridae), which is carried by mosquito vectors (1). In nature, it is only known in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. In the central African region, RVF has been reported in humans and livestock in the savanna of northern Cameroon and Chad (2,3) and from forests in the Central African Republic (4). Human epidemics are sometimes preceded by an increase in RVF virus (RVFV) prevalence in domestic ruminan...

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