Review article: Sociocultural and economic dimensions of Rift Valley Fever

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 730-738

  Muga, Geoffrey Otieno ^a   Onyango Ouma, Washington ^a   Sang, Rosemary ^b   Affognon, Hippolyte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENDER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETICS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMBOLISM; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LIVESTOCK; MALE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84926355263     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0363     Document Type: Review

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