Epidemiological assessment of the Rift Valley fever outbreak in Kenya and Tanzania in 2006 and 2007

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierBernard Bett: 0000-0001-9376-2941en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0290en
cg.issn0002-9637en
cg.issn1476-1645en
cg.issue2_Supplen
cg.journalAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL DISEASESen
cg.subject.ilriEPIDEMIOLOGYen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.volume83en
dc.contributor.authorJost, Christineen
dc.contributor.authorNzietchueng, S.en
dc.contributor.authorKihu, S.en
dc.contributor.authorBett, Bernard K.en
dc.contributor.authorNjogu, G.en
dc.contributor.authorSwai, E.S.en
dc.contributor.authorMariner, Jeffrey C.en
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-17T05:36:38Zen
dc.date.available2010-08-17T05:36:38Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/2277
dc.titleEpidemiological assessment of the Rift Valley fever outbreak in Kenya and Tanzania in 2006 and 2007en
dcterms.abstractTo capture lessons from the 2007 Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreak, epidemiological studies were carried out in Kenya and Tanzania. Somali pastoralists proved to be adept at recognizing symptoms of RVF and risk factors such as heavy rainfall and mosquito swarms. Sandik, which means "bloody nose," was used by Somalis to denote disease consistent with RVF. Somalis reported that sandik was previously seen in 1997/98, the period of the last RVF epidemic. Pastoralists communicated valuable epidemiological information for surveillance and early warning systems that was observed before international warnings. The results indicate that an all or none approach to decision making contributed to the delay in response. In the future, a phased approach balancing actions against increasing risk of an outbreak would be more effective. Given the time required to mobilize large vaccine stocks, emergency vaccination did not contribute to the mitigation of explosive outbreaks of RVF.en
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dcterms.bibliographicCitationJost, C. C., Bett, B., Mariner, J. C., Kihu, S., Swai, E. S., Njogu, G., & Nzietchueng, S. (2010). Epidemiological Assessment of the Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in Kenya and Tanzania in 2006 and 2007. In The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Vol. 83, Issue 2_Suppl, pp. 65–72). American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0290en
dcterms.extentp. 65-72en
dcterms.issued2010-08-05en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherAmerican Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneen
dcterms.subjectrift valley fever virusen
dcterms.subjectepidemiologyen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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