Predictive factors and risk mapping for Rift Valley fever epidemics in Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Munyua, Peninah M ^a   Murithi, R Mbabu ^b   Ithondeka, Peter ^b   Hightower, Allen ^a   Thumbi, Samuel M ^c   Anyangu, Samuel A ^d   Kiplimo, Jusper ^e   Bett, Bernard ^e   Vrieling, Anton ^f   Robert Breiman, F ^a   Njenga, M Kariuki ^a,g  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Ministry of Agriculture   (Kenya)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^e INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^g KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SOIL;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; KENYA; LUVISOL; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOIL; SOLONERTZ; VERTISOL; ABORTION, VETERINARY; AEDES; ANIMAL; BOVINE; BUFFALO; CAMEL; CATTLE DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GOAT; GOAT DISEASES; HEALTH SURVEY; INSECT VECTOR; MALE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VIROLOGY;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; AEDES; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CAMELUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; RAIN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SOIL;

EID: 84991822551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144570     Document Type: Article

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