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As of 27 March 2010, the Ministry of Health South Africa has reported 63 human cases infected with Rift Valley Fever (RVF), including two deaths in Free State, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape provinces. Most of these cases reported direct contact with RVFV-infected livestock and or linked to farms with confirmed animal cases of RVF. The human cases are: farmers, veterinarians and farm workers. All cases were confirmed with RVF by test conducted at the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) in Johannesburg, South Africa... 

Sheep pox and goat pox is a contagious viral disease of small ruminants, which result from infection by sheep pox virus (SPV) or goat-pox virus (GPV). The two viruses belong to the Capripoxvirus genus, Poxviridae family, which includes a third virus, causing lumpy skin disease (LSD) in cattle.
In sheep and goats, the clinical signs vary from mild to severe clinical disease, normally beginning with the onset of fever followed by erythematous macules that develop into papules (1). Lesions may also develop on the mucous membrane and on internal organs, causing systemic signs (respiratory signs, diarrhoea, depression, emaciation, abortion and sometimes death).