Prevalence and risk factors of Rift Valley fever in humans and animals from Kabale district in Southwestern Uganda, 2016.
Luke NyakarahukaAnnabelle de St MauriceLawrence PurpuraElizabeth ErvinStephen BalinandiAlex TumusiimeJackson KyondoSophia MuleiPatrick TusiimeJulius LutwamaJohn D KlenaShelley BrownBarbara KnustPierre E RollinStuart T NicholTrevor R ShoemakerPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2018)
Although no RVF cases had been detected in Uganda from 1968 to March 2016, our study suggests that RVFV has been circulating undetected in both humans and animals living in and around Kabale district. RVFV seropositivity in humans was associated with occupation, suggesting that the primary mode of RVFV transmission to humans in Kabale district could be through contact with animal blood or body fluids.
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