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 Original Research Article   
								
																Duration of Immunogenicity of the Recombinant Rift Valley Fever Vaccine MP-12 del-NSm21/384 in Sheep 
																Author(s): Zahra Bamouh, Zineb Boumart, Meryem Alhyane, Khalid Omari Tadlaoui, George E Bettinger, Douglas M Watts*, Ouafaa Fassi Fihri and Mehdi EL Harrak             
								
																
						 Rift Valley Fever Virus (RVFV) is a mosquito-transmitted Bunyavirus capable of causing high morbidity and mortality
  among humans and domestic ruminants. Vaccination of domestic ruminants with vaccines that provide safe, rapid
  and long-term protection after a single vaccination is an effective strategy for protecting animals against Rift Valley
  Fever (RVF) disease. The aim of this study was to determine the duration and titer of antibody elicited by the
  RVF MP-12 del-NSm21/384 vaccine in sheep. Serum samples were collected from the animals before and after
  vaccination at various intervals up to one-year post vaccination to determine the duration of the antibody response
  using a virus-neutralizing test. All vaccinated sheep remained healthy, and RVFV antibody was first detected at two
  weeks post-vaccination in 37.5% of vaccinated sheep and 100% at three wee.. View more»