Silent Circulation of Rift Valley Fever in Humans, Botswana, 2013–2014

Sanderson, Claire E.; Jori, Ferran; Moolla, Naazneen; Paweska, Janusz T.; Oumer, Nesredin; Alexander, Kathleen A.

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Silent Circulation of Rift Valley Fever in Humans, Botswana, 2013–2014

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Oct 2020
By Sanderson, Claire E. ; Jori, Ferran ; Moolla, Naazneen ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Sanderson, Claire E. ; Jori, Ferran ; Moolla, Naazneen ; Paweska, Janusz T. ; Oumer, Nesredin ; Alexander, Kathleen A.
Description:

We evaluated the prevalence of Rift Valley fever virus IgG and IgM in human serum samples (n = 1,276) collected in 2013-2014 in northern Botswana. Our findings provide evidence of active circulation of this virus in humans in the absence of clinical disease in this region.
Subjects:

Aedes Mosquitos Arboviruses Culex Mosquitos Dispatch Infectious Disease Transmission Livestock One Health Pregnancy Outcomes Public Health Rift Valley Fever Viruses
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 26(10):2453-2456
Pubmed ID:

32946735
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC7510741
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Botswana
Location:

Africa
Volume:

26
Issue:

10
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:748e4d821beadf2a6ec8c6dfd2a82cdb280558d4a1d316e6fc97bbccb921ddb3
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