Venter, Marietjie2018-08-172018-02Venter, M. 2018, 'Assessing the zoonotic potential of arboviruses of African origin', Current Opinion in Virology, vol. 28, pp. 74-84.1879-6257 (print)1879-6265 (online)10.1016/j.coviro.2017.11.004http://hdl.handle.net/2263/66180Several African arboviruses have emerged over the past decade in new regions where they caused major outbreaks in humans and/or animals including West Nile virus, Chikungunya virus and Zika virus. This raise questions regarding the importance of less known zoonotic arboviruses in local epidemics in Africa and their potential to emerge internationally. Syndromic surveillance in animals may serve as an early warning system to detect zoonotic arbovirus outbreaks. Rift Valley fever and Wesselsbronvirus are for example associated with abortion storms in livestock while West Nile-virus, Shuni virus and Middelburg virus causes neurological disease outbreaks in horses and other animals. Death in birds may signal Bagaza virus and Usutu virus outbreaks. This short review summarise data on less known arboviruses with zoonotic potential in Africa.en© 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Current Opinion in Virology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. A definitive version was subsequently published in Current Opinion in Virology, vol. 28, pp. 74-84,2018. doi : 10.1016/j.coviro.2017.11.004.ZoonosisZika virusWest Nile virus (WNV)WesselsbronvirusVirus carrierUsutu virusSpondweni virusSindbis virusRisk assessmentPhlebovirusO nyong nyong virusNairovirusMiddelburgvirusFlavivirusEnvironmental factorChikungunya virusBunyamwera virusBanzi virusBagaza virusArbovirusAlphavirusAfricaVectorPostprint Article