Rift Valley fever seroprevalence and abortion frequency among livestock of Kisoro district, South Western Uganda (2016): a prerequisite for zoonotic infection

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is classified as viral hemorrhagic fever and is endemic in East and West Africa. RVF is caused by an arthropod borne virus (RVFV); the disease is zoonotic and affects human, animal health as well as international trade. In livestock it causes abortions, while human infection...

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Published in:BMC veterinary research 2018-09, Vol.14 (1), p.271-271, Article 271
Main Authors: Budasha, Ngabo Herbert, Gonzalez, Jean-Paul, Sebhatu, Tesfaalem Tekleghiorghis, Arnold, Ezama
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion
Animal health
Animal products
antibodies
arthropods
blood sampling
blood serum
Cattle
Coccidioidomycosis
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
fever
Goats
Health aspects
Health risk assessment
Hemorrhagic fever
highlands
humans
Immunoglobulin G
Infections
International trade
Kisoro
Livestock
Lowlands
Mosquitoes
National parks
observational studies
Physiological aspects
Rift Valley fever
Risk factors
Serology
Seroprevalence
Sheep
Uganda
Vector-borne diseases
veterinary medicine
Viruses
Western Africa
Zoonoses
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Summary:Rift Valley fever (RVF) is classified as viral hemorrhagic fever and is endemic in East and West Africa. RVF is caused by an arthropod borne virus (RVFV); the disease is zoonotic and affects human, animal health as well as international trade. In livestock it causes abortions, while human infection occurs through close contact with infected animals or animal products. A quantitative observational study using stratified sampling was conducted in the western region of Uganda. Blood samples and abortion events from 1000 livestock (goats, sheep and cattle) was collected and recorded. Serum was analyzed for RVFV IgG reacting antibodies using competitive ELISA test. The overall RVFV seroprevalence was of 10.4% (104/1000). Cattle had the highest seroprevalence (7%) followed by Sheep (2.2%) then goats (1.2%). Species specific RVFV seroprevalence was highest in cattle (20.5%) followed by sheep (6.8%) then goats (3.6%). RVFV seroprevalence in northern highlands (21.8%) was significantly higher (p 
ISSN:1746-6148
1746-6148
DOI:10.1186/s12917-018-1596-8