Rift valley fever outbreaks in Mauritania and related environmental conditions

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 903-918

  Caminade, Cyril ^a   Ndione, Jacques A ^b   Diallo, Mawlouth ^c   Macleod, Dave A ^d   Faye, Ousmane ^c   Ba, Yamar ^c   Dia, Ibrahima ^c   Morse, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Third World Forum Dakar   (Senegal)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Mauritania; Rift valley fever; Senegal

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; MORTALITY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EPIDEMIC; FLOODING; HUMAN; MAURITANIA; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SENEGAL; VEGETATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

MAURITANIA; SENEGAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GOATS; HUMANS; MAURITANIA; RAIN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SHEEP;

EID: 84892187604     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110100903     Document Type: Article

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