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Occurrence of rift valley fever in cattle in Ijara district,Kenya |
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| Authors: | Nelson O. Owange William O. Ogara Hippolyte Affognon Gathura B. Peter Jacqueline Kasiiti Sam Okuthe W. Onyango-Ouma Tobias Landmann Rosemary Sang Murithi Mbabu |
| Affiliation: | 1. University of Nairobi, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Public Health Pharmacology and Toxicology, PO Box 29053-00625, Nairobi, Kenya;2. Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, State Department of Veterinary Services, Private Bag-00625, Nairobi, Kenya;3. FAO, Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), Eastern Africa, FAO-UN, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, Kenya;4. International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), PO Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya;5. Institute of Anthropology, Gender & African Studies, University of Nairobi, PO Box 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya;6. The Center for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, PO Box 54628, Nairobi, Kenya |
| Abstract: | Ijara district in Kenya was one of the hotspots of rift valley fever (RVF) during the 2006/2007 outbreak which led to human and animal deaths causing huge economic and public health losses. The main constraint in the control and prevention of RVF is inadequate knowledge on its occurrence during the interepidemic period. This study was aimed at understanding the occurrence of RVF in cattle in Ijara to enable the development of improved community-based disease surveillance, prediction, control and prevention. |
| Keywords: | Rift valley fever Occurrence Epidemiology Sero-prevalence In cattle Maintenance |
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