Emerging vector borne diseases as public health threats and diseases of trade. The case of Rift Valley fever: a threat to livestock trade and food security in the Horn of Africa
Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a viral zoonotic insect-borne disease of livestock and human beings caused by a member of the Phlebovirus genus of the family Bunyaviridae. Being first recognised in the Rift Valley of Kenya at the turn of 20th century, several epidemics have occurred in eastern, southern,...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
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EVA
2002
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50468 |
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