Detection of West Nile virus in wild birds in Tana River and Garissa Counties, Kenya

Detection of West Nile virus in wild birds in Tana River and Garissa Counties, Kenya

Abstract Background West Nile fever virus is a zoonotic arboviral infection maintained in a sylvatic cycle involving mosquito vectors and birds. It is one the arboviruses whose geographical range is expanding because of climate and land use changes that enhance the densities of mosquitoes and promot...

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Main Authors: Doris Nyamwaya, Virginia Wang’ondu, Joshua Amimo, George Michuki, Moses Ogugo, Enoch Ontiri, Rosemary Sang, Johanna Lindahl, Delia Grace, Bernard Bett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-11-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Arbovirus
Flavivirus
Emerging infectious disease
West Nile fever
Zoonosis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-016-2019-8

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