Participatory survey of risk factors and pathways for Rift Valley fever in pastoral and agropastoral communities of Uganda

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationFreie Universität Berlinen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationMinistry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Ugandaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationFriedrich Loeffler Instituten_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUganda Virus Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germanyen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.coverage.countryUgandaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UGen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierKristina Roesel: 0000-0002-2553-1129en_US
cg.creator.identifierBernard Bett: 0000-0001-9376-2941en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106071en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0167-5877en_US
cg.journalPreventive Veterinary Medicineen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen_US
cg.subject.ilriPASTORALISMen_US
cg.subject.ilriRVFen_US
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASESen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.subject.impactPlatformNutrition, Health and Food Securityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen_US
cg.volume221en_US
dc.contributor.authorTumusiime, Danen_US
dc.contributor.authorNijhof, A.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGroschup, M.H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLutwama, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRoesel, Kristinaen_US
dc.contributor.authorBett, Bernard K.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-10T06:28:42Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-11-10T06:28:42Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/132894en_US
dc.titleParticipatory survey of risk factors and pathways for Rift Valley fever in pastoral and agropastoral communities of Ugandaen_US
dcterms.abstractTo assess pastoralists’ and agropastoralists’ knowledge on Rift Valley fever (RVF), participatory epidemiological studies were conducted with 215 livestock keepers and 27 key informants in Napak, Butebo, Isingiro and Lyantonde districts, Uganda, between January and February 2022. Livestock keepers in all four districts had knowledge of RVF and even had local names or descriptions for it. Pastoralists and agropastoralists possessed valuable knowledge of RVF clinical descriptions and epidemiological risk factors such as the presence of infected mosquitoes, living in flood-prone areas, and excessive rainfall. RVF was ranked among the top ten most important cattle diseases. Pastoralists called RVF Lonyang, symbolizing a disease associated with jaundice, high fever, abortions in pregnant cows, and sudden death in calves. Key informants identified infected domestic animals, the presence of infected mosquitoes, livestock movement and trade, and infected wild animals as risk pathways for the introduction of RVF into an area. Drinking raw blood and milk was perceived as the most likely pathway for human exposure to RVF virus; while the highest consequence was high treatment costs. The results indicate that pastoralists provided key epidemiological information that could be essential for designing an effective national RVF surveillance and early warning system.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2023-11-08en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTumusiime, D., Nijhof, A.M., Groschup, M.H., Lutwama, J., Roesel, K. and Bett, B. 2023. Participatory survey of risk factors and pathways for Rift Valley fever in pastoral and agropastoral communities of Uganda. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 221: 106071.en_US
dcterms.extent106071en_US
dcterms.issued2023-12en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherElsevieren_US
dcterms.subjectrift valley feveren_US
dcterms.subjectzoonosesen_US
dcterms.subjectlivestocken_US
dcterms.subjectpastoralismen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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