Participatory survey of risk factors and pathways for Rift Valley fever in pastoral and agropastoral communities of Uganda

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationFreie Universität Berlinen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationMinistry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Ugandaen
cg.contributor.affiliationFriedrich Loeffler Instituten
cg.contributor.affiliationUganda Virus Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germanyen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierKristina Roesel: 0000-0002-2553-1129
cg.creator.identifierBernard Bett: 0000-0001-9376-2941
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106071en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0167-5877en
cg.journalPreventive Veterinary Medicineen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriPASTORALISMen
cg.subject.ilriRVFen
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASESen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.impactPlatformNutrition, Health and Food Security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen
cg.volume221en
dc.contributor.authorTumusiime, Danen
dc.contributor.authorNijhof, A.M.en
dc.contributor.authorGroschup, M.H.en
dc.contributor.authorLutwama, J.en
dc.contributor.authorRoesel, Kristinaen
dc.contributor.authorBett, Bernard K.en
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-10T06:28:42Zen
dc.date.available2023-11-10T06:28:42Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/132894
dc.titleParticipatory survey of risk factors and pathways for Rift Valley fever in pastoral and agropastoral communities of Ugandaen
dcterms.abstractTo 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.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2023-11-08
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTumusiime, D., Nijhof, A.M., Groschup, M.H., Lutwama, J., Roesel, K. and Bett, B. 2023. Participatory survey of risk factors and pathways for Rift Valley fever in pastoral and agropastoral communities of Uganda. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 221: 106071.en
dcterms.extent106071en
dcterms.issued2023-12
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectrift valley feveren
dcterms.subjectzoonosesen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.subjectpastoralismen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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