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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.Bett, Bernard K.Bukachi, S.A.Lawson, E.Mangwanya, L.Scoones, I.Waldman, L.Wilkinson, A.Leach, M.Winnebah, T.R.A.[Zoonotic diseases: who gets sick, and why? Explorations from Africa]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.Bukachi, S.A.Bett, Bernard K.Estambale, B.B.A.Nyamongo, I.K.[We do not bury dead livestock like human beings: Community behaviors and risk of Rift Valley Fever virus infection in Baringo County, Kenya]We do not bury dead livestock like human beings: Community behaviors and risk of Rift Valley Fever virus infection in Baringo County, Kenya

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.Bukachi, S.A.Bett, Bernard K.Estambale, B.B.A.Nyamongo, I.K.[Lay knowledge and management of malaria in Baringo county, Kenya]Lay knowledge and management of malaria in Baringo county, Kenya

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