An outbreak of Rift Valley fever among peri-urban dairy cattle in northern Tanzania.
William A de GlanvilleKathryn J AllanJames M NyarobiKate M ThomasFelix LankesterTito J KibonaJohn R ClaxtonBenjamin BrennanRyan W CarterJohn A CrumpJo E B HallidayGeorgia LadburyBlandina T MmbagaFuraha MrambaObed M NyasebwaMatthew P RubachMelinda K RostalPaul SankaEmmanuel S SwaiAgnieszka M SzemielBrian J WillettSarah CleavelandPublished in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2022)
RVF outbreaks can occur more often in endemic settings than would be expected on the basis of detection by national surveillance. The occurrence of RVF cases among peri-urban dairy cattle and evidence for viral shedding in milk, also highlights potentially emerging risks for RVF associated with increasing urban and peri-urban livestock populations.