Rift Valley Fever Reemergence after 7 Years of Quiescence, South Africa, May 2018

Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Feb;25(2):338-341. doi: 10.3201/eid2502.181289.

Abstract

Phylogenetic analysis of Rift Valley fever virus partial genomic sequences from a patient infected in South Africa in May 2018 suggests reemergence of an endemic lineage different from that of the epidemic in South Africa during 2010-2011. Surveillance during interepidemic periods should be intensified to better predict future epidemics.

Keywords: Rift Valley fever; Rift Valley fever virus; South Africa; arbovirus; outbreak; phlebovirus; reemerging disease; vector-borne infections; viruses.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / history
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / virology*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Phylogeny
  • Population Surveillance
  • Rift Valley Fever / epidemiology*
  • Rift Valley Fever / history
  • Rift Valley Fever / virology*
  • Rift Valley fever virus* / classification
  • Rift Valley fever virus* / genetics
  • Rift Valley fever virus* / immunology
  • Seasons
  • South Africa / epidemiology
  • Viral Proteins / genetics

Substances

  • Viral Proteins