Rift Valley Fever

**Definition:** An acute infection caused by the RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS, an RNA arthropod-borne virus, affecting domestic animals and humans. In animals, symptoms include HEPATITIS; abortion (ABORTION, VETERINARY); and DEATH. In humans, symptoms range from those of a flu-like disease to hemorrhagic fever, ENCEPHALITIS, or BLINDNESS.

**Tree numbers:** - C01.436.430.812 - C01.920.852.813 - C01.925.081.810 - C01.925.407.810 - C01.925.782.147.810 - C01.925.782.417.762 - C06.552.380.315.430.812 - C22.467.435.812