Inter-epidemic acquisition of Rift Valley fever virus in humans in Tanzania.

• Main Authors: Robert David Sumaye (Author), Emmanuel Nji Abatih (Author), Etienne Thiry (Author), Mbaraka Amuri (Author), Dirk Berkvens (Author), Eveline Geubbels (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:In East Africa, epidemics of Rift Valley fever (RVF) occur in cycles of 5-15 years following unusually high rainfall. RVF transmission during inter-epidemic periods (IEP) generally passes undetected in absence of surveillance in mammalian hosts and vectors. We studied IEP transmission of...