Vaccines to Prevent and Manage Outbreaks of Rift Valley Fever

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito borne disease found mainly in the Horn of Africa.

It causes abortion rates exceeding 90 percent in livestock. It also leads to severe human suffering.

Experts rank RVF as one of the top biological threats for the United States.

The FAZD Center is

evaluating four

candidate animal

vaccines for RVF

developed at the

University of Texas

Medical Branch.

Early results suggest the

RVF vaccines produce

antibodies believed to be

protective against RVF.

The FAZD Center will

submit the best RVF

candidate vaccine to a

virus challenge in 2010.

A successful RVF vaccine will meet an urgent

need to provide the nation with a defense

against a potentially catastrophic disease.

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fazd.tamu.edu