An Introduction to Rift Valley Fever Virus.

Autor: Weber F; Institute for Virology, FB10-Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany., Bouloy M; Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Bunyavirus Molecular Genetics Unit, Paris, France., Lozach PY; IVPC UMR754, INRAE, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, EPHE, PSL Research University, Lyon, France. pierre-yves.lozach@inrae.fr.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) [Methods Mol Biol] 2024; Vol. 2824, pp. 1-14.
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3926-9_1
Abstrakt: Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a pathogen transmitted to humans and livestock via mosquito bites. This virus, which was discovered in Kenya in 1930, is considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) to be associated with a high risk of causing large-scale epidemics. However, means dedicated to fighting RVFV have been limited, and despite recent research efforts, the virus remains poorly understood at both the molecular and cellular levels as well as at a broader scale of research in the field and in animal and human populations. In this introductory chapter of a methods book, we aim to provide readers with a concise overview of RVFV, from its ecology and transmission to the structural and genomic organization of virions and its life cycle in host cells.
(© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE