He wants to do more work on the Rift Valley fever virus, which he has been investigating for years.

It is not known if Skusea pembaensis is capable of transmitting Rift Valley Fever virus.

Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV)

The Rift Valley fever virus G(C) protein has a class II fusion protein architecture similar to that found in flaviviruses and alphaviruses.

Variola is one of the biggest viruses, with about 200 genes compared with 9 for the AIDS virus and 3 for the Rift Valley fever virus.

"There are other viruses out there - Rift Valley fever virus, Japanese B encephalitis virus, among them - that could be imported," said Dr. Spielman, 70.

In recent entomological investigations of an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever virus in Kenya (2006-2007), Skusea pembaensis were collected and several were infected with the virus.

In this role, Dr. Copps collaborated with many scientists on capripoxvirus, highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, Rift Valley fever virus, and foot-and-mouth disease virus, among many others.

Peters has published more than 300 papers on research and control of viral diseases including more than 70 publications on Rift Valley fever virus and more than 60 publications on arenaviruses.

Aedes mcintoshi, a vector of Rift Valley fever virus, which has caused huge outbreaks in the Middle East, can survive in its egg stage for decades in a dessicated desert, hatching when it rains.

CH25H is an interferon-stimulated gene, and its primary product 25HC may have broad-spectrum antiviral activity, demonstrated in mice against HIV, ebola, Nipah virus, and Rift Valley Fever virus.

The Section provides expertise in the area of special pathogens, particularly the CL4 agents and zoonotic containment level 3 agents of veterinary importance such as Nipah virus, Hendra virus, Ebola virus and Rift Valley fever virus.

An ongoing outbreak of Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) infection is affecting sheep, goats, cattle and wildlife on farms within Free State, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape, Mpumalanga, North West, and Gauteng provinces.

A number of the germs researched on Plum Island are dangerous to humans and animals and some are lethal, including the mosquito-borne Rift Valley fever virus, which causes hemorrhagic fever akin to the Ebola virus and killed 600 people in Egypt in 1977 and 1978.

Many viral agents have been studied and/or weaponized, including some of the Bunyaviridae (especially Rift Valley fever virus), Ebolavirus, many of the Flaviviridae (especially Japanese encephalitis virus), Machupo virus, Marburg virus, Variola virus, and Yellow fever virus.