Facets of the rift valley fever outbreak in Northeastern Province, Kenya, 2006-2007

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-

  King, Charles H ^a   Kahlon, Summerpal S ^b   Muiruri, Samuel ^c   LaBeaud, A Desiree ^d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Melbourne Internal Medicine Associates   (United States)

^c Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER; RAIN;

AEDES; AEROSOL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BODY FLUID; BREEDING; CATTLE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; FLOODING; GOAT; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; INFESTATION; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; MENINGISM; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NAUSEA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POND; RETINITIS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SHEEP; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UVEITIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FLOODS; HUMANS; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY FEVER;

EID: 77949802602     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0800     Document Type: Article

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