Recent outbreaks of Rift Valley fever in East Africa and the Middle East

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Himeidan, Yousif E ^a,b   Kweka, Eliningaya J ^c,d   Mahgoub, Mostafa M ^e   El Rayah, El Amin ^f   Ouma, Johnson O ^b,g  

^a University of Kassala   (Sudan)

^b Africa Technical Research Centre   (Tanzania)

^c TROPICAL PESTICIDES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^g KENYA AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Aedes mosquitoes; East Africa; Rainfall; RVFV outbreaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954479567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00169     Document Type: Review

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