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Seroprevalence of Rift valley fever, in sheep and humans, Seedy Salem (2003)

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Veterinary clinical research (Veterinary Surgery, theriogenology, inteā€¦seases, clinical pathology, applied epidemiology and animal hygiene).

Abstract

Elevated rectal temperature, mucopurulent nasal discharge, mortalities and abortion of pregnant ewes were the main clinical abnormalities recorded in sheep flocks at Seedy Salem Village, Kafr Al-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt following their vaccination by the attenuated Rift Valley vaccine. Meanwhile, 45 of the farmers in the village showed variable findings suggestive for a RVF epidemic and 17 farmers died of haemorrhagic fever as reported by the World Health Organization, WHO (2003). Blood serum samples were collected from 78 humans and 86 sheep and tested for RVF antibodies. We found that, where 11 (12.94%) and 10 (19.30%) of sheep and human sera respectively were positive. The recent history of vaccination of such flocks using the attenuated RVF vaccine lead us to suggest that the used vaccine might be the source of such epidemic.

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10.21608/jvmr.2005.78023

Keywords

seroprevalence, Fever, Rift valley, sheep, humans

Authors

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R. A.

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Azzam

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Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt

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M. A.

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Ibrahim

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Veterinary Sera and Vaccines Research Institute, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt

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M. S.

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Magda

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Veterinary Sera and Vaccines Research Institute, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt

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Volume

15

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2

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11646

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2005-03-01

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2020-03-18

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2005-03-01

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284

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288

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2357-0512

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2357-0520

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Journal of Veterinary Medical Research

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Seroprevalence of Rift valley fever, in sheep and humans, Seedy Salem (2003)

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22 Jan 2023