Rift Valley fever - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2017

 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Rift Valley fever. In: ECDC. Annual epidemiological report for 2017. Stockholm: ECDC; 2019.

Surveillance report
  • Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report
  • Time period covered: This report is based on data for 2017 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 10 December 2018.

For 2017, EU/EEA countries did not report any cases of Rift Valley fever.

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Rift Valley fever virus, TEM. © Science Photo Library

Rift Valley fever is an acute viral febrile haemorrhagic disease that affects primarily ruminants in Africa and in the Arabian Peninsula: cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats and camels. Humans may become infected by mosquito bites and through direct or indirect contact with the blood or organs of infected animals.

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