dc.contributor.author
Tumusiime, Dan
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Nijhof, Ard M.
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Groschup, Martin H.
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Lutwama, Julius
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Roesel, Kristina
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Bett, Bernard
dc.date.accessioned
2024-01-17T14:50:30Z
dc.date.available
2024-01-17T14:50:30Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/42084
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-41809
dc.description.abstract
To assess pastoralists’ and agropastoralists’ knowledge on Rift Valley fever (RVF), participatory epidemiological studies were conducted with 215 livestock keepers and 27 key informants in Napak, Butebo, Isingiro and Lyantonde districts, Uganda, between January and February 2022. Livestock keepers in all four districts had knowledge of RVF and even had local names or descriptions for it. Pastoralists and agropastoralists possessed valuable knowledge of RVF clinical descriptions and epidemiological risk factors such as the presence of infected mosquitoes, living in flood-prone areas, and excessive rainfall. RVF was ranked among the top ten most important cattle diseases. Pastoralists called RVF Lonyang, symbolizing a disease associated with jaundice, high fever, abortions in pregnant cows, and sudden death in calves. Key informants identified infected domestic animals, the presence of infected mosquitoes, livestock movement and trade, and infected wild animals as risk pathways for the introduction of RVF into an area. Drinking raw blood and milk was perceived as the most likely pathway for human exposure to RVF virus; while the highest consequence was high treatment costs. The results indicate that pastoralists provided key epidemiological information that could be essential for designing an effective national RVF surveillance and early warning system.
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dc.format.extent
13 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
Participatory epidemiology
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dc.subject
Rift Valley fever
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dc.subject
Pastoralists
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Agropastoralists
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dc.subject.ddc
600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::630 Landwirtschaft::630 Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereiche
dc.title
Participatory survey of risk factors and pathways for Rift Valley fever in pastoral and agropastoral communities of Uganda
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber
106071
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106071
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Preventive Veterinary Medicine
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
221
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106071
refubium.affiliation
Veterinärmedizin
refubium.affiliation.other
Institut für Parasitologie und Tropenveterinärmedizin

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no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
1873-1716
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