| phylogeographic reconstructions of a rift valley fever virus strain reveals transboundary animal movements from eastern continental africa to the union of the comoros. | major explosive outbreaks of rift valley fever (rvf), an arthropod borne zoonotic disease, occur in humans and animals with significant mortality and economic impact across continental africa and the indian ocean region (madagascar, the comoros archipelago). recently, sporadic human cases have been reported in mayotte and grande comore, two islands belonging to the comoros archipelago. to identify the hypothetical source of virus introduction in an inter-epidemic or a post-epidemic period, a lon ... | 2016 | 25213037 |
| development of real-time rt-pcr for the detection of low concentrations of rift valley fever virus. | in recent years, madagascar and the comoros archipelago have been affected by epidemics of rift valley fever (rvf), however detection of rift valley fever virus (rvfv) in zebu, sheep and goats during the post epidemic periods was frequently unsuccessful. thus, a highly sensitive real-time rt-pcr assay was developed for the detection of rvfv at low viral loads. a new rvf sybr green rt-pcr targeting the m segment was tested on serum from different rvf seronegative ruminant species collected from m ... | 2014 | 24120571 |