Seroepidemiological survey of rift valley fever virus in ruminants in Garissa, Kenya

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 141-146

  Nanyingi, Mark O ^a,b,c   Muchemi, Gerald M ^a   Thumbi, Samuel M ^c,d   Ade, Fredrick ^c   Onyango, Clayton O ^c   Kiama, Stephen G ^e   Bett, Bernard ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^f INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

interepidemic; Kenya; Rift Valley fever; ruminants; seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

HOST FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BOVINE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GOAT; KENYA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GOAT DISEASES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; KENYA; MALE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85010832421     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2016.1988     Document Type: Article

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