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SUBMITTER: LaBeaud AD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2600406 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
LaBeaud A Desiree AD Muchiri Eric M EM Ndzovu Malik M Mwanje Mariam T MT Muiruri Samuel S Peters Clarence J CJ King Charles H CH
Emerging infectious diseases 20080801 8
Most outbreaks of Rift Valley fever (RVF) occur in remote locations after floods. To determine environmental risk factors and long-term sequelae of human RVF, we examined rates of previous Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) exposure by age and location during an interepidemic period in 2006. In a randomized household cluster survey in 2 areas of Ijara District, Kenya, we examined 248 residents of 2 sublocations, Gumarey (village) and Sogan-Godud (town). Overall, the RVFV seropositivity rate was 13% ...[more]