Rift valley fever in Kruger national park: Do buffalo play a role in the inter-epidemic circulation of virus?

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 24-32

  Beechler, B R ^a   Bengis, R ^b   Swanepoel, R ^c   Paweska, J T ^d,e   Kemp, A ^d   van Vuren, P Jansen ^d   Joubert, J ^b   Ezenwa, V O ^f   Jolles, A E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African buffalo; Bunyaviridae; Disease ecology; Infectious disease; Mosquito; Phlebovirus; South Africa; Syncerus caffer; Vectorborne

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BUNYAVIRIDAE; MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUSES; PHLEBOVIRUS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SYNCERUS CAFFER; SYNCERUS CAFFER CAFFER;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BUFFALO; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY; IMMUNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOSQUITO; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BUFFALOES; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84920197443     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12197     Document Type: Article

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