The occurrence of ephemeral fever in Kenya, 1968–1988
| Autor: | F.G. Davies, A.R. Walker, P. Ochieng |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Ephemeral Fever
Veterinary medicine Ceratopogonidae Rain Cattle Diseases Antibodies Viral Microbiology Disease Outbreaks parasitic diseases medicine Animals Rift Valley fever General Veterinary biology Outbreak General Medicine Culicoides biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Kenya Virology Insect Vectors Phlebovirus Cattle Viral disease Rhabdoviridae |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary Microbiology. 22:129-136 |
| ISSN: | 0378-1135 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0378-1135(90)90100-a |
| Popis: | Ephemeral fever occurs in Kenya in epidemics which have been associated with periods of unusually heavy and prolonged rainfall. The epidemics persist for 2-3 years and involve most of the country. They occur in the same years as epizootics of Rift Valley fever, which is a mosquito-borne Phlebovirus infection. Sporadic outbreaks of the disease have been associated with local heavy rains; though one outbreak occurred during a dry period. Culicoides spp. were generally present in large numbers at the site of the outbreaks. Seroconversions were detected in sentinel cattle, when there had been no apparent clinical disease. |
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