Cross-sectional survey of Rift Valley fever virus exposure in Bodhei Village located in a transitional coastal forest habitat in Lamu County, Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 394-400

  Muiruri, Samuel ^a   Kabiru, Ephantus W ^b   Muchiri, Eric M ^a   Hussein, Hassan ^d   Kagondu, Frederick ^c,e   La Beaud, A Desirée ^f   King, Charles H ^g  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c MERU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^d Office of Direct of Health   (Kenya)

^e Thika Level 5 Hospital   (Kenya)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COASTAL PLAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOREST; HABITAT USE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AGE; INFANT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922319852     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0440     Document Type: Article

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