Rift Valley fever outbreak in livestock in Kenya, 2006-2007

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2010, Pages 58-64

  Munyua, Peninah ^a   Murithi, Rees M ^a   Wainwright, Sherrilyn ^b   Githinji, Jane ^a   Hightower, Allen ^e   Mutonga, David ^d   Macharia, Joseph ^a   Ithondeka, Peter M ^a   Musaa, Joseph ^a   Breiman, Robert F ^e   Bloland, Peter ^c   Kariuki Njenga, M ^e  

^a Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development   (Kenya)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^e Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PRODUCT; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CATTLE; DEMOGRAPHY; GOAT; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SHEEP; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAMELS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAMELIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77955619987     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0292     Document Type: Article

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