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_US
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen_US
cg.coverage.countryTanzaniaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KEen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierBernard Bett: 0000-0001-9376-2941en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0290en_US
cg.issn0002-9637en_US
cg.issn1476-1645
cg.issue2_Supplen_US
cg.journalAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL DISEASESen_US
cg.subject.ilriEPIDEMIOLOGYen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen_US
cg.volume83en_US
dc.contributor.authorJost, Christineen_US
dc.contributor.authorNzietchueng, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKihu, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBett, Bernard K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNjogu, G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSwai, E.S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMariner, Jeffrey C.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-17T05:36:38Zen_US
dc.date.available2010-08-17T05:36:38Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/2277en_US
dc.titleEpidemiological assessment of the Rift Valley fever outbreak in Kenya and Tanzania in 2006 and 2007en_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
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_US
dcterms.extentp. 65-72en_US
dcterms.issued2010-08-05en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherAmerican Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneen_US
dcterms.subjectrift valley fever virusen_US
dcterms.subjectepidemiologyen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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