Surveillance of Rift Valley Fever in Iran between 2001 and 2011

Sadegh CHINIKAR, Nariman SHAH-HOSSEINI, Ehsan MOSTAFAVI, Maryam MORADI, Sahar KHAKIFIROUZ, Tahmineh JALALI, Anthony R. FOOKS

Abstract


Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is an acute zoonotic viral disease that mostly affects ruminants with an occasional spillover as human infection. Following the outbreak of RVF in Saudi Arabia in 2000, surveillance of both animal and human population in Iran increased until 2011. During this period 1206 ovine, 405 caprine, 325 bovine and 28 camel samples were tested for RVFV in nine provinces in Iran. None of these samples tested IgG positive. Moreover, amongst 37 clinically suspected human cases of patients with RVF symptoms, none of these samples tested positive for RVFV. Despite the fact that no positive cases in human or animal populations were identified in Iran, surveillance and monitoring of viral haemorrhagic fevers including RVFV will continue.

Keywords


RVF, caprine, ovine, bovine, camel, human

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