Socio-economic impact of Rift Valley fever to pastoralists and agro pastoralists in Arusha, Manyara and Morogoro regions in Tanzania

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-14

  Chengula, Augustino A ^a   Mdegela, Robinson H ^a   Kasanga, Christopher J ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Awareness; Pastoralists; Rift Valley fever; Socio economic losses; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887270376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-549     Document Type: Article

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