Seroepidemiology of selected arboviruses in febrile patients visiting selected health facilities in the lake/river basin areas of lake baringo, lake naivasha, and tana river, Kenya

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 124-132

  Tigoi, Caroline ^a,b   Lwande, Olivia ^a,f   Orindi, Benedict ^a,d   Irura, Zephania ^c   Ongus, Juliette ^a,b   Sang, Rosemary ^a,e  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^c KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arboviruses; Chikungunya virus; Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; Febrile patients; Kenya; Lake River Basin areas; Rift Valley fever virus; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARBOVIRUS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHILD; CHILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; KENYA; LAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; O NYONG NYONG VIRUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RISK FACTOR; RIVER BASIN; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SINDBIS VIRUS; SORE THROAT; TICK BITE; VOMITING; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; BLOOD; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NAIROVIRUS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIVER; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; O'NYONG-NYONG VIRUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; RABBIT FIBROMA VIRUS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARBOVIRUSES; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; KENYA; LAKES; MALE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RIVERS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84923483683     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2014.1686     Document Type: Article

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