Detection of Rift Valley Fever virus inter-epidemic activity in Kilimanjaro Region, North Eastern Tanzania
| Autor: | Richard S. Mwakapuja, Pius Horumpende, Rule M. Budodo, Jaffu Chilongola, Sixbert I. Mkumbaye, John-Mary Vianney, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Medard S Kumalija |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Veterinary medicine Rift Valley fever virus medicine.medical_specialty Rift Valley Fever Epidemiology Biology Antibodies Viral Arbovirus Tanzania Virus Seroepidemiologic Studies medicine Seroprevalence inter-epidemic Animals Humans Rift Valley fever Epidemics seroprevalence business.industry Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Cross-Sectional Studies Livestock Original Article Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Global Health Action article-version (VoR) Version of Record Global Health Action, Vol 14, Iss 1 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1654-9880 1654-9716 |
| Popis: | Background Rift Valley Fever virus (RVFV) is a zoonotic arbovirus of public health impact infecting livestock, wildlife, and humans mainly in Africa and other parts of the world. Despite its public health importance, mechanisms of RVFV maintenance during interepidemic periods (IEPS) remain unclear. Objective We aimed to examine comparatively exposure to RVFV between humans and goats and RVFV infection between humans, goats and mosquitoes. Methods A cross sectional study was performed in the Lower Moshi area of the Kilimanjaro region from March to June 2020. RVFV exposure was determined by detecting IgG/IgM to RVFV using a competitive enzyme linked immunosorbent assay whereas infection was determined by real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) assay. Results Results show that the male gender was related to RVFV seropositivity (χ2 = 5.351; p=0.030). Being 50 years and above was related to seropositivity (χ2 =14.430; p=0.006) whereas bed net use, larger numbers of persons living in the same house (>7 persons) and RVFV seropositivity in goats were related to higher seropositivity to RVFV among humans χ2 =6.003; p=0.021, χ2 =23.213; p |
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