A literature review of the histology of Rift Valley Fever virus neurological disease comparing rodent and NHP models to human disease

Thompson, Tiffany (2017) A literature review of the histology of Rift Valley Fever virus neurological disease comparing rodent and NHP models to human disease. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Rift Valley Fever Virus (RVFV) is an arbovirus most commonly spread through mosquitos or infected animal tissues, and can infect a wide range of animals with the biggest impact being on ruminants and humans. RVFV is a major concern for possible spread into the America’s as well as it being used as a biological weapon due to the high mortality rate associated with aerosolizing the virus. This review will focus on the neurological disease seen in the developed animal models and the histology being used in the research of RVFV. The first model developed was the mouse model and is most useful because of the developed knockouts in mice. Certain mice can consistently produce neurological disease through intranasal infection, and histological examination of brain tissue shows widespread encephalitis. Rat models are also being used to a lesser extent but have some benefits of consistently reproducing neurological disease and studying the genetic aspects of RVFV. Rat models reproduce meningoencephalitis which more closely mimics human neurological disease. Non-human primate (NHP) models are most applicable to human disease and African green monkey (AGM) as well as marmosets have been shown to be susceptible to RVFV infection. The public health significance of RVFV is the possibility of spread to United States and severe disruption in agriculture as well as the possible use as a biological weapon.

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Item Type:	Other Thesis, Dissertation, or Long Paper (Master Essay)
Status:	Published
Creators/Authors:	Creators Email Pitt Username ORCID Thompson, Tiffany tmt53@pitt.edu tmt53
Contributors:	Contribution Contributors Name Email Pitt Username ORCID Committee Chair Hartman, Amy hartman2@pit.edu hartman2 UNSPECIFIED Committee Member Mattila, Joshua jmattila@pitt.edu jmattila UNSPECIFIED Committee Member Oury, Tim tdoury@pitt.edu tdoury UNSPECIFIED
Date:	23 June 2017
Date Type:	Submission
Defense Date:	2017
Submission Date:	5 June 2017
Access Restriction:	No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately.
Number of Pages:	38
Institution:	University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs:	School of Public Health > Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
Degree:	MPH - Master of Public Health
Thesis Type:	Master Essay
Refereed:	Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Rift Valley Fever, RVFV, RVF, Histology, Animal models
Date Deposited:	26 Oct 2017 19:46
Last Modified:	01 Jul 2020 05:15
URI:	http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/32479

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