Rift Valley Fever Risk Map Model and Seroprevalence in Selected Wild Ungulates and Camels from Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Britch, Seth C ^a   Binepal, Yatinder S ^b   Ruder, Mark G ^c   Kariithi, Henry M ^b   Linthicum, Kenneth J ^a   Anyamba, Assaf ^d   Small, Jennifer L ^d   Tucker, Compton J ^d   Ateya, Leonard O ^b   Oriko, Abuu A ^b   Gacheru, Stephen ^e   Wilson, William C ^c  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e Director of Veterinary Services   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; KENYA; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNGULATE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARTIODACTYLA; CAMELS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; KENYA; PREVALENCE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RISK; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 84879517079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066626     Document Type: Article

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