The Rift Valley fever: could re-emerge in Egypt again? 2013

Mamdouh El-Bahnasawy, and Laila Abdel-Mawla Megahed, and Hala Ahmed Abdalla Saleh, and Tosson A Morsy
The Military Medical Services For Preventive Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.

The Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a neglected, emerging, mosquito-borne disease with severe negative impact on human and animal health and economy. RVF is caused by RVF virus of the family of Bunyaviridae, genus Phlebovirus. RVF is an acute, febrile disease affecting humans and a wide range of animals. The virus is trans-mitted through the bites from mosquitoes and exposure to viremic blood, body fluids, or contact with tissues of infected animals or by inhaling natural virus aerosols, also possibly by consumption of infected unpasteurized milk. The RVF-virus replicate at the site introduction and in local lymphatic followed by viremia and spread to other organs as the liver and central nervous system, causing the hepatic necrosis and eosinophilia cytoplasmic degeneration. The main signs and symptoms are fever, headache, myalgia, arthralgia, photophobia, bradycardia, conjunctivitis and flushing face. Main complications include jaundice, hemorrhagic, meningoencephalitis and retinal lesions. Generally speaking, in the 21st Century, the vector-borne infectious diseases, was accepted as the disaster issues with the considerable significant morbidity and mortality. These facts should be considered by the public health, veterinary and agricultural authorities

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007303 Insect Vectors Insects that transmit infective organisms from one host to another or from an inanimate reservoir to an animate host. Insect Vector,Vector, Insect,Vectors, Insect
D009033 Culicidae A family of the order DIPTERA that comprises the mosquitoes. The larval stages are aquatic, and the adults can be recognized by the characteristic WINGS, ANIMAL venation, the scales along the wing veins, and the long proboscis. Many species are of particular medical importance. Mosquitoes,Mosquitos,Mosquito
D004534 Egypt A country in northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula Its capital is Cairo. Arab Republic of Egypt,United Arab Republic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012295 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. Fever, Rift Valley
D012529 Saudi Arabia A country located in the Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen. The capital is Riyadh. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
D013397 Sudan A country in northeastern Africa. The capital is Khartoum. Republic of the Sudan
D016856 Phlebovirus A genus of the family BUNYAVIRIDAE comprising many viruses, most of which are transmitted by Phlebotomus flies and cause PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER. The type species is RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS. SFTS bunyavirus,Sandfly Fever Sicilian Virus,Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Bunyavirus,Phleboviruses
D021821 Communicable Diseases, Emerging Infectious diseases that are novel in their outbreak ranges (geographic and host) or transmission mode. Infectious Diseases, Emerging,Communicable Diseases, Re-Emerging,Communicable Diseases, Reemerging,Infectious Diseases, Re-Emerging,Infectious Diseases, Reemerging,Communicable Disease, Emerging,Communicable Disease, Re-Emerging,Communicable Disease, Reemerging,Communicable Diseases, Re Emerging,Disease, Emerging Communicable,Disease, Emerging Infectious,Disease, Re-Emerging Communicable,Disease, Re-Emerging Infectious,Disease, Reemerging Communicable,Disease, Reemerging Infectious,Diseases, Emerging Communicable,Diseases, Emerging Infectious,Diseases, Re-Emerging Communicable,Diseases, Re-Emerging Infectious,Diseases, Reemerging Communicable,Diseases, Reemerging Infectious,Emerging Communicable Disease,Emerging Communicable Diseases,Emerging Infectious Disease,Emerging Infectious Diseases,Infectious Disease, Emerging,Infectious Disease, Re-Emerging,Infectious Disease, Reemerging,Infectious Diseases, Re Emerging,Re-Emerging Communicable Disease,Re-Emerging Communicable Diseases,Re-Emerging Infectious Disease,Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases,Reemerging Communicable Disease,Reemerging Communicable Diseases,Reemerging Infectious Disease,Reemerging Infectious Diseases

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