Global risks of zoonotic disease are high on policy agendas. Increasingly, Africa is seen as a ‘hotspot’, with likely disease spillovers from animals to humans. This paper explores the social dynamics of disease exposure, demonstrating how risks are not generalised, but are related to occupation,...
Dzingirai, V.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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Bukachi, S.A.
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Lawson, E.
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Mangwanya, L.
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Scoones, I.
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Waldman, L.
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Wilkinson, A.
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Leach, M.
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Winnebah, T.R.A.
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[Zoonotic diseases: who gets sick, and why? Explorations from Africa]
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Zoonotic diseases: who gets sick, and why? Explorations from Africa
Background
Rift Valley Fever (RVF), is a viral zoonotic disease transmitted by Aedes and Culex mosquitoes.
In Kenya, its occurrence is associated with increased rains. In Baringo County, RVF
was first reported in 2006±2007 resulting in 85 human cases and 5 human deaths, besides
livestock losses a...
Mutua, E.N.
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Bukachi, S.A.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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Estambale, B.B.A.
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Nyamongo, I.K.
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[We do not bury dead livestock like human beings: Community behaviors and risk of Rift Valley Fever virus infection in Baringo County, Kenya]
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We do not bury dead livestock like human beings: Community behaviors and risk of Rift Valley Fever virus infection in Baringo County, Kenya
Pig movements play a significant role in the spread of economically important infectious diseases such as the African swine fever. Characterization of movement networks between pig farms and through other types of farm and household enterprises that are involved in pig value chains can provide us...
Background
Malaria, a disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium and transmitted by female anopheline mosquitoes, is a major cause of morbidity, mortality and loss in productivity in humans. Baringo County is prone to seasonal transmissions of malaria mostly in the rainy season...
Mutua, E.N.
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Bukachi, S.A.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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Estambale, B.B.A.
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Nyamongo, I.K.
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[Lay knowledge and management of malaria in Baringo county, Kenya]
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Lay knowledge and management of malaria in Baringo county, Kenya
Background: Human behavioral factors have been found to be central in the transmission of Rift Valley fever.
Consumption of contaminated meat and milk in particular have been identified as one of the key risk factors for
the transmission of Rift Valley fever in humans. In pastoral communities, li...
Ng'ang'a, C.M.
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Bukachi, S.A.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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[Lay perceptions of risk factors for Rift Valley fever in a pastoral community in northeastern Kenya]
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Lay perceptions of risk factors for Rift Valley fever in a pastoral community in northeastern Kenya