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Virus Name:
Rift Valley fever
Abbreviation:
RVFV
Status
Arbovirus
Select Agent
Yes
SALS Level
3
SALS Basis
Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.
Other Information
USDA Permit Required, DOC Permit Required, Hepa Filtration, USDA Restricted, USDA High Consequence Agent, Vaccination Recommended
Antigenic Group
Phlebotomus Fever
Section XI - Human Disease
In Nature
Significant
Residual
Significant
Death
Reported
Subclinical
Significant
Overt Disease
Significant
Clinical Manifestations
Fever, headache, prostration, conjunctival inflammation, stiff nect, myalgia, arthralgia, CNS signs (including encephalitis, hemorrhagic signs, lymphadenopathy, vomiting, central scotoma- detached retina (1,16,17).
Number of Cases
300 cases in detail; numerous others reported (8).
Category (i.e. febrile illness, etc.)
Febrile illness
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