Inter-epidemic Transmission of Rift Valley Fever in Livestock in the Kilombero River Valley, Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Survey

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Sumaye, Robert D ^a,b,c   Geubbels, Eveline ^a   Mbeyela, Edgar ^a   Berkvens, Dirk ^c  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOAT; HEALTH SURVEY; LIVESTOCK; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84883358781     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002356     Document Type: Article

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