Seroepidemiological survey on Rift Valley fever in Zambia

Zentralbl Veterinarmed B. 1989 Jun;36(4):317-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1989.tb00608.x.

Abstract

This study was carried out to define the role of cattle as an amplifier of Rift Valley fever. Three areas of different density of cattle population were surveyed. Cattle do not seem to play a significant role as an amplifier of the virus in human beings.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / analysis*
  • Bunyaviridae / immunology*
  • Cattle / microbiology*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Rift Valley Fever / immunology
  • Rift Valley Fever / transmission*
  • Rift Valley fever virus / immunology*
  • Zambia
  • Zoonoses / transmission*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral