Rift Valley Fever is a viral disease endemic to Africa that is found on animals and spread via biting mosquitoes. The threat of Rift Valley Fever is on the rise and has recently been added to the World Health Organisation priority list. Health control measures alone could be ineffective in the long term fight against the deadly infection, a new study in the journal PNAS reports. During this innovative study researchers from a consortium including the University of Surrey, University of Cambridge and the International Livestock Research Institute investigated the impact of environmental factors on Rift Valley fever. Unlike previous

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