Interesting article, although I feel like Rift Valley Fever is unlikely to spread as much as Zika due to mode of transmission. What say you @MackayIM? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/health/rift-valley-pregnancy-zika.html?smid=tw-nythealth&smtyp=cur …
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Eeentersting. Anywhere I read something like "The majority of human infections result from contact with the blood or organs of infected animals" followed by "Human infections have also resulted from the bites of infected mosquitoes" I instantly think...
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...."majority" should be followed by something like "AFAWK from past testing". If circumstances are right, I don't see why that balance of routes wouldn't change. Of course
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...the article notes asymptomatic infection (as usual), so I don't see its spread less likely if the vector and naive population was in place. Good lab testing is key to knowing. Wonder why KSA didn't see congenital issues (surveillance? Or did they - will read more)?
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When overt disease is used as the trigger for testing, then we miss a lot if mild/asympto cases are in majority. And if in areas without lots of lab capacity. Really glad 2c this sort of work in the wake of Zika. Can't imagine this be be the last virus we'll add to this list.
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Interesting from 2013... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23682700
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Well that's a bit scary, if it was mimicked in humans
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