Diseases

Rift Valley Fever

An acute infection caused by the RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS, an RNA arthropod-borne virus, affecting domestic animals and humans. In animals, symptoms include HEPATITIS; abortion (ABORTION, VETERINARY); and DEATH. In humans, symptoms range from those of a flu-like disease to hemorrhagic fever, ENCEPHALITIS, or BLINDNESS.

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An acute infection caused by the RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS, an RNA arthropod-borne virus, affecting domestic animals and humans. In animals, symptoms include HEPATITIS; abortion (ABORTION, VETERINARY); and DEATH. In humans, symptoms range from those of a flu-like disease to hemorrhagic fever, ENCEPHALITIS, or BLINDNESS.

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1 entry terms
  • Fever, Rift Valley

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32 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, virology.

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  1. C01w.436.430.812w
  2. C01w.920.852w.813w
  3. C01w.925w.081.810w
  4. C01w.925w.407.810w
  5. C01w.925w.782.147.810w
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  7. C06w.552w.380w.315.430.812w
  8. C22w.467.435.812w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Rift Valley Fever. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012295. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012295
  2. Rift Valley Fever. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rift_Valley_fever
  3. Rift Valley Fever. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326638