An Outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in Northeastern Kenya, 1997-98

In December 1997, 170 hemorrhagic fever-associated deaths were reported in Carissa District, Kenya. Laboratory testing identified evidence of acute Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV). Of the 171 persons enrolled in a cross-sectional study, 31(18%) were anti-RVFV immunoglobulin (Ig) M positive. An age-ad...

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Autores principales: Woods, Christopher W., Karpati, Adam M., Grein, Thomas, McCarthy, Noel, Gaturuku, Peter, Muchiri, Eric, Dunster, Lee, Henderson, Alden, Khan, Ali S., Swanepoel, Robert, Bonmarin, Isabelle, Martin, Louise, Mann, Philip, Smoak, Bonnie L., Ryan, Michael, Ksiazek, Thomas G., Arthur, Ray R., Ndikuyeze, Andre, Agata, Naphtali N., Peters, Clarence J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11897064
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0802.010023

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11897064
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0802.010023

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