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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aakash Hans, MD [2]

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 == Overview ==
-Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an acute, fever-causing viral disease that affects domestic animals (such as cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, and camels) and humans. RVF is most commonly associated with mosquito-borne epidemics during years of unusually heavy rainfall.
 ==Historical Perspective==
-The disease was first reported among livestock in [[Kenya]] around [[1915]], but the virus was not isolated until [[1931]]. RVF outbreaks occur across sub-Saharan [[Africa]], with outbreaks occurring elsewhere infrequently (but sometimes severely - in [[Egypt]] in [[1977]]-78, several million people were infected and thousands died during a violent epidemic. In [[Kenya]] in 1998, the virus claimed the lives of over 400 Kenyans. In September [[2000]] an outbreak was confirmed in [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Yemen]]).
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