Spatio-temporal variation in prevalence of Rift Valley fever: a post-epidemic serum survey in cattle and wildlife in Kenya

Infection Ecology and Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lwande, Olivia Wesula ^a,b   Paul, George Omondi ^b,c   Chiyo, Patrick I ^b,d   Ng’ang’a, Eliud ^e   Otieno, Viola ^f   Obanda, Vincent ^b,g   Evander, Magnus ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Consortium for Epidemiology and Ecology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MOUNT KENYA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^f IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre   (Kenya)

^g KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

cattle; emerging disease; inter epidemic period; one health; trans boundary disease; zoonosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020450605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/IEE.V5.30106     Document Type: Article

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