Enhanced surveillance for Rift Valley Fever in livestock during El Niño rains and threat of RVF outbreak, Kenya, 2015-2016.

Harry OyasLindsey HolmstromNaomi P KemuntoMatthew MuturiAthman MwatondoEric OsoroAustine BitekBernard BettJane W GithinjiSamuel M ThumbiMarc-Alain WiddowsonPeninah M MunyuaM Kariuki Njenga

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2018)

This surveillance activity served as an early warning system that could detect RVF disease in animals before spillover to humans. It was also an excellent pilot for designing and implementing syndromic surveillance in animals in the country, which is now being rolled out using a mobile phone-based data reporting technology as part of the global health security system.

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global health
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electronic health record
emergency department
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machine learning
quality improvement
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