Seroepidemiology of rift valley fever in Basrah

Abstract EN

This study was conducted in Basrah to evaluate the seroepidemiological prevalence of Rift valley fever in Basrah .

Serum samples were collected from 1215 sheep from 5 distinct regions in Basrah and submitted to the ELISA test to estimate the titer of specific antibodies against rift valley fever virus .

The result revealed that , the overall seroprevalence RVF in Basrah was 0.

89 % .

There was no significant differences in the seroprevalence of RVF among different regions in Basrah ( P > 0.05 ) .

The highest seroprevalence were reported in sheep older than 3 years compared with other age groups and this difference were statistically highly significant ( P < 0.01 ) .

On other hands there was no statistical difference in the seroprevalence of RVF between male and female ( P > 0.05 ) .