Diagnostic approaches for Rift Valley fever.

Autor: Wilson WC; Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Unit (ABADRU), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), US Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, KS, USA., Weingartl HM, Drolet BS, Davé K, Harpster MH, Johnson PA, Faburay B, Ruder MG, Richt JA, McVey DS
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Developments in biologicals [Dev Biol (Basel)] 2013; Vol. 135, pp. 73-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 May 14.
DOI: 10.1159/000276828
Abstrakt: Disease outbreaks caused by arthropod-borne animal viruses (arboviruses) resulting in significant livestock and economic losses world-wide appear to be increasing. Rift Valley fever (RVF) virus is an important arbovirus that causes lethal disease in cattle, camels, sheep and goats in Sub-Saharan Africa. There is concern that this virus could spread because of global warming, increased animal trade or through bioterrorism. This paper discusses the current and developing approaches to diagnosis of RVF. Diagnostic assays are available for RVF, but availability can be limited and there is a need for global harmonization. Continued improvement of standard serological and viral genome amplification approaches, including new embedded/syndromic testing, biosensor, emerging virus detection and characterization technologies is needed.
Databáze: MEDLINE