Issue · 2020
Vol.7, Iss. 5
3 articles · pp. 109-128 · All issues →
Research ArticleSeroprevalence of Rift Valley Fever Virus Infection among Slaughtered Ruminants in Jos, North-Central, Nigeria
Joseph Anejo-Okopi, Obinna Oragwa Arthur, Ocheme Julius Okojokwu, Sarah Joseph, Geoffrey Chibueze, Joshua Adetunji et al.
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne emerging disease, capable of causing large epidemics in livestock accompanied by cases in humans, but with a complex cycle of transmission that makes it difficult to predict. The risk of infection in humans is more w…
21 Oct 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2020/7.5.109.115
Mini-ReviewProduction of Antibody for Direct Fluorescence Antibody Assay against Avian Influenza H9N2
Christian Marco Hadi Nugroho, Jeanne Adiwinata Pawitan
The H9N2 influenza A viruses are endemic in some countries for many years and had caused economic losses in poultry industries. Infection with this virus decreases egg production and increases chicken mortality. In human health, cases of this zoonotic agent ar…
21 Nov 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2020/7.5.121.128
Mini-ReviewOrigin and Spillover of Coronaviruses: Prospects of One Health Action
Md. Sahidur Rahman
Coronaviruses are a large group of viruses causing diseases in mammals, including humans and birds. Bat and rodents act as a reservoir of alphacoronavirus and betacoronavirus whereas, gamacoronavirus and deltacoronavirus originate in avian species. Domestic an…
21 Nov 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2020/7.5.116.120