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Rift Valley fever seropositivity in humans and domestic ruminants and associated risk factors in Sengerema, Ilala, and Rufiji districts, Tanzania (2022)
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Sindato, C., Karimuribo, E., Vairo, F., Misinzo, G., Rweyemamu, M., Hamid, M., Haider, N., Tungu, P., Kock, R., Rumisha, S., Mbilu, T., Ntoumi, F., Zumla, A., & Mboera, L. (2022). Rift Valley fever seropositivity in humans and domestic ruminants and associated risk factors in Sengerema, Ilala, and Rufiji districts, Tanzania. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 122, 559-565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.07.012

Objectives: Data on Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) prevalence in urban settings and pastoral areas of Tanzania are scarce. We performed a cross-sectional study of RVFV seroprevalence and determinants in humans and animals from Ilala, Rufiji, and Seng... Read More about Rift Valley fever seropositivity in humans and domestic ruminants and associated risk factors in Sengerema, Ilala, and Rufiji districts, Tanzania.

Increased outbreaks of monkeypox highlight gaps in actual disease burden in Sub-Saharan Africa and in animal reservoirs (2022)
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Haider, N., Guitian, J., Simons, D., Asogun, D., Ansumana, R., Honeyborne, I., Velavan, T. P., Ntoumi, F., Valdoleiros, S. R., Petersen, E., Kock, R., & Zumla, A. (2022). Increased outbreaks of monkeypox highlight gaps in actual disease burden in Sub-Saharan Africa and in animal reservoirs. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 122, 107-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.05.058

We explain research gaps on Monkeypox (MPX) virus epidemiology in endemic countries and present hypotheses for the recent increase of MPX cases in West Africa as a possible explanation for the current epidemic in Europe, America, and Australia. The d... Read More about Increased outbreaks of monkeypox highlight gaps in actual disease burden in Sub-Saharan Africa and in animal reservoirs.

Vaccination for monkeypox prevention in persons with high-risk sexual behaviours to control on-going outbreak of monkeypox virus clade 3 (2022)
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Petersen, E., Zumla, A., Hui, D., Blumberg, L., Valdoleiros, S., Amao, L., Ntoumi, F., Asogun, D., Simonsen, L., Haider, N., Traore, T., Kapata, N., Dar, O., Nachega, J., Abbara, A., Al Balushi, A., Kock, R., Maeurer, M., Lee, S., Lucey, D., …Koopmans, M. (2022). Vaccination for monkeypox prevention in persons with high-risk sexual behaviours to control on-going outbreak of monkeypox virus clade 3. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 122, 569-571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.06.047