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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 VIII - Susceptibility to Experimental Infection (include viremia)

Experimental host and age	Passage history and strain	Inoculation Route-Dose	Evidence of infection	AST (days)	Titer log10/ml


Mice (nb)	Uganda	ic 0.03	Death	1-4	9.0
Mice (nb)		ip 0.03	Death	2-6	8.0
Mice (nb)		sc
Mice (wn)		ic 0.03	Death	2-5	8.0
Mice (wn)		ip 0.06	Death	1-7	6.6
rhesus monkey (ad)		sc	Mild febrile or asymptomatic infection with resulting antibody response
Cercopithecus aethiops (ad)		sc	Same as rhesus
newborn merino lambs		sc	Death	1-2
Pregnant ewes		sc	Abortion, fever, sometimes death
Field voles, dormice, wood mice			Susceptible (12)
kittens, puppies		sc	Death (18)
5 African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)			1/2 pregnant aborted; 4/5 48 hr viremic (29)

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