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A total of 443 cattle samples were collected in Manyara, Dodoma, Singida, and Mbeya regions of Tanzania. The samples were tested for RVFV antibodies using a commercial ELISA kit and a plaque reduction neutralization test. Serum samples were also tested for RVFV viral RNA by an reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay. An overall RVFV seroprevalence rate of 7.7% (34\/443) was detected by ELISA among cattle in all four regions. The Mbeya region cattle had the highest seroprevalence of 26.4% (23\/87), followed by Dodoma 5.9% (10\/171) and lastly Singida 0.9% (1\/101). Of 33 ELISA antibody-positive samples, only 0.2% (1\/443) had IgM antibody. Of 36 ELISA antibody-positive and doubtful samples, 32 were positive for neutralizing antibody with titers between 10 and &gt; 10,240. None of the samples were positive for RVFV viral RNA by RT-PCR. The detection of RVFV antibodies in cattle suggested that these animals were involved in an enzootic cycle during the interepidemic period and that the high antibody titers may confer protection of cattle against RVFV.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.18-0798","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,6,18]],"date-time":"2019-06-18T07:00:35Z","timestamp":1560841235000},"page":"459-466","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Circulation of Rift Valley Fever Virus Antibody in Cattle during Inter-Epizootic\/Epidemic Periods in Selected Regions of Tanzania"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"101","author":[{"given":"Linda Peniel","family":"Salekwa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, Parasitology, and Biotechnology, College of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Philemon Nyangi","family":"Wambura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, Parasitology, and Biotechnology, College of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mirende Kichuki","family":"Matiko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Surgery and Theriogenology, College of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Douglas M.","family":"Watts","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"2795","reference":[{"key":"b1","series-title":"Arch Virol","first-page":"2505","article-title":"Changes to taxonomy and the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2017)","volume":"162","author":"Adams","year":"2017"},{"key":"b2","series-title":"Virology","first-page":"151","article-title":"Messenger RNA of the M segment RNA of Rift Valley fever virus","volume":"151","author":"Collett","year":"1986"},{"key":"b3","series-title":"Virology","first-page":"228","article-title":"Complete nucleotide sequence of the M RNA segment of Rift Valley fever virus","volume":"144","author":"Collett","year":"1985"},{"key":"b4","series-title":"Epidemiol Infect","first-page":"197","article-title":"Rift Valley fever virus (family Bunyaviridae, genus Phlebovirus). 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