A serological study of Rift Valley fever in Zambia
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Evidence of infection of sheep and, to a lesser extent, cattle, with Rift Valley fever (RVF) virus was obtained from a sero-epidemiological study conducted on four farms in the Chisamba area of the Central Province of Zam bia. This area was affected by an epizootic of RVF in the 1973/74 rain season; clinical cases were again reported during the 1977/78 rains. The results suggest that RVF virus is established enzootically in this area and that domestic sheep and cattle may be acting as a reservoir of infection.
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