Rift Valley Fever Virus: New Insights into a One Health Archetype
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Viruses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 1645
Special Issue Editors
Interests: emerging infectious diseases; bats; mosquitoes; vector biology; arbovirology; medical entomology; disease ecology; One Health
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: virus-host interactions; immunology; vector biology; virology; bats; mosquitoes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Rift Valley fever virus is an emerging zoonotic arbovirus that has severe health consequences for people and livestock. Historically, RVFV transmission has been restricted to the African continent; however, significant outbreaks have spread to the Arabian Peninsula, presenting a changing context of viral ecology and imminent threat of invasion to new geographic areas. Significant gaps in research pertain to viral ecology and epidemiology, host–pathogen interactions, vaccine and countermeasures development, diagnostics, virology, and vector biology and control. Global shifts in climate and weather patterns will likely potentiate the devastating consequences on humans and animals across affected regions. A transdisciplinary One Health research approach is particularly impactful in this disease system.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute original research or review articles to this Special Issue. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) field studies on viral ecology and epidemiology, veterinary aspects, molecular virology, vaccine development or clinical trials, vector factors, or detection and response approaches. Articles focused on One Health aspects of RVF are especially encouraged. We look forward to receiving your contributions by 31 January 2026
Dr. Rebekah C. Kading
Dr. Juliette Lewis
Dr. Brian H. Bird
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- One Health
- emerging infectious diseases
- mosquito
- bunyavirus
- arbovirus
- medical entomology
- medical countermeasures
- livestock
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