Sunday, April 29, 2018

Surveillance of livestock could detect rift valley fever disease before human transmission

Occurrence of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) has often been linked with El NiƱo rainfall. To curb future outbreaks of RVF, scientists have carried out enhanced syndromic surveillance of 22 high-risk RVF Kenyan counties to collect data on RVF-associated syndromes and risk factors in livestock from November 2015 through February 2016. Their research could provide the first step toward establishing a national syndromic surveillance system for livestock in Kenya.

from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2FttD5K

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