RIFT VALLEY
July 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN AFRICAN livestock disease has spread beyond its home continent to hit Saudi Arabia and Yemen, from where it is threatening to infect sheep, goats and cattle in Iraq. Rift Valley Fever is a highly contagious disease spread mainly by mosquitoes and the movement of animals; it causes abortion and death and can also infect humans, sometimes killing them.
AN AFRICAN livestock disease has spread beyond its home continent to hit Saudi Arabia and Yemen, from where it is threatening to infect sheep, goats and cattle in Iraq. Rift Valley Fever is a highly contagious disease spread mainly by mosquitoes and the movement of animals; it causes abortion and death and can also infect humans, sometimes killing them.
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