Event information
Information
| Title | Rift Valley Fever |
|---|---|
| Type | Fad e-learning (FAD) |
| Provider | IZS dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale" |
| Edition | 1 |
| ECM event | Yes |
| ECM credits | 5 Credits |
| Event ID | 336689 |
| Municipality / foreign state of development | - |
|---|---|
| Place of delivery | - |
| Starting date | 15/11/2021 |
| Ending date | 15/06/2022 |
| Participation fee | - |
| Topics related to childhood nutrition | No |
| Topics related to violence against people | No |
Course introduction
INTRODUCTION This asynchronous self-learning process will provide the participants with the basic-level knowledge about Rift Valley Fever (RVF) disease, together with other relevant documents. Through the eLearning course, a brief history of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) will be presented together with the health and economic implications it has in the areas in which it is present. The main morphological and structural features of the virus will be described as well as its pathogenesis and its resistance to physical and chemical agents. The epidemiology of the disease will be discussed in the third section: the aspects relating specifically to geographic distribution, transmission, receptive hosts, reservoirs, vectors, and the factors that favour its spread will all be addressed. Following on from this, there will be a detailed review of the signs and the anatomohistopathological lesions that the RVF causes in sheep and goats, cattle, camels and in humans. The fifth section will cover the main diagnostic tools, the illnesses requiring differential diagnosis and the matrices to be sampled in order to make a clinical, anatomohistopathological and laboratory diagnosis. Lastly, the focus will be on prevention and control, with reference to the monitoring methods and control strategies to be adopted in order to limit the spread of RVF. PARTICIPANT PROFILE The whole training path is addressed to veterinarians, biologists and lab technicians belonging to the National and Regional Competent Authorities, Istituti Zooprofilattici Sperimentali, Regional veterinary epidemiology units. LEARNING OBJECTIVES This training activity aims at improving incident response collaboration between animal and public health authorities, using a One Health approach. Specifically, the participants at the end of the eLearning course will improve their basic-level knowledge about Rift Valley Fever (RVF) disease.
Learning objectives
| ECM aims | 24 - Sanità veterinaria. Attività presso gli stabulari. Sanità vegetale |
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Job profiles
- Veterinario - Tutte le discipline
- Tecnico sanitario di laboratorio biomedico - Tecnico sanitario di laboratorio biomedico
- Biologo - Biologo
Scientific coordinators
| Surname and Name | Qualifications | Job Profile |
|---|---|---|
| Calistri Paolo | Dirigente Veterinario | Epidemiologia, Analisi del Rischio, Sanità Animale |
Tutors' panel
| Surname and Name | Role | Job Profile | Discipline (or qualification) | Substitute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calistri Paolo | Docente | Veterinario | Sanità animale | N/A |
| Danzetta Maria Luisa | Docente | Veterinario | Sanità animale | N/A |
Summary of the programme
CONTENT TREE
Section 1: Rift Valley Fever – Presentation and History
- Introduction
- Objective and themes
- Definition and origin
- Human health and economic impact
- Test
- Summary
- Printable version
Section 2: Rift Valley Fever – Aetiology and Pathogenesis
2.1 Objective and themes
2.2 Classification of the virus
2.3 Morphology
2.4 Morphology, Viral stability to temperature and chemicals
2.5 Pathogenesis
2.6 Summary
2.7Printable version
Section 3: Rift Valley Fever – Epidemiology
3.1 Objective and themes
3.2 Geographic distribution
3.3 Hosts
3.4 Methods of transmission
3.5 Vectors
3.6 Factors favouring spread
3.7 Summary
3.8Printable version
Section 4: Rift Valley Fever –Clinical signs and pathology
4.1 Objective and themes
4.2 Clinical signs in small ruminants
4.3 Clinical signs in cattle and camels
4.4 Clinical signs in humans
4.5 Pathological findings
4.6 Summary
4.7 Printable version
Section 5: Rift Valley Fever –Diagnosis
5.1 Objective and themes
5.2 Clinical and histopathological diagnosis
5.3 Collecting samples
5.4 Direct laboratory diagnosis
5.5 Indirect laboratory diagnosis
5.6 Differential diagnosis
5.7 Summary
5.8 Printable version
Section 6: Rift Valley Fever –Prevention and control
6.1 Objective and themes
6.2 Disease control measures
6.3 Vaccination
6.4 Reference experts and laboratories
6.5 Summary
6.6 Printable version
Detailed information
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Simultaneous translation | No |
| Learning materials | Slide delle relazioni e/o approfondimenti |
| Learning assessment procedures | Questionario con quesiti a scelta quadrupla con singola risposta esatta |
| Total training length (hh:mm) | 05:00 |
| Minimum attendance | 90% |
