Rift Valley Fever Virus Exposure amongst Farmers, Farm Workers, and Veterinary Professionals in Central South Africa

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a re-emerging arboviral disease of public health and veterinary importance in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Major RVF epidemics were documented in South Africa in 1950–1951, 1974–1975, and 2010–2011. The number of individuals infected during these outbreaks has, howeve...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Viruses Vol. 11; no. 2; p. 140
Main Authors:	Msimang, Veerle, Thompson, Peter N., Jansen van Vuren, Petrus, Tempia, Stefano, Cordel, Claudia, Kgaladi, Joe, Khosa, Jimmy, Burt, Felicity J., Liang, Janice, Rostal, Melinda K., Karesh, William B., Paweska, Janusz T.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland MDPI AG 07.02.2019 MDPI
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Age Factors Aged Agriculture Animals Antibodies, Viral - blood Antigens Cattle Censuses Coccidioidomycosis Confidence intervals Cross-Sectional Studies emerging disease Employees Epidemics Epidemics - prevention & control Farmers - statistics & numerical data Farms Farmworkers Female Fever Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Households human exposure Humans Infections Infectious diseases Laboratories Livestock Livestock - virology Logistic Models Male Meat Middle Aged Occupational Exposure Public health Red Meat - virology Rift Valley fever Rift Valley Fever - epidemiology Rift Valley fever virus Seroepidemiologic Studies Serology seroprevalence Sheep South Africa South Africa - epidemiology spatial distribution statistical case estimation Surveys and Questionnaires Veterinarians - statistics & numerical data Young Adult Zoonoses South Africa United States > US
ISSN:	1999-4915, 1999-4915
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Be the first to leave a comment!