Betroffen sind das kenianische Hochland und der Norden Tansanias um Arusha.
Die Verbreitung erfolgte offenbar durch Viehherden und Wildtiere beginnend von Ägypten das Rift Valley südwärts.
Vor dem Verzehr von Milch und halbgaren Fleisch wird von den Medizinern gewarnt.
By Apolinari Tairo l eTN Africa
NY Times
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At least 78 people died of RVF in Kenyan highlands in recent months, while two people died a week ago in Tanzania’s northern region of Arusha famous and rich with wildlife and livestock. Kenyan authorities think the number of RVF victims could be double the reported deaths.
Medical and administrative authorities in northern Tanzania, some 700 kilometers from the capital city of Dar es Salaam, have confirmed of the outbreak of RVF, and warned locals and foreign visitors to avoid consumption of half-cooked meat or raw milk.
The deadly disease was reported in Kenya’s Rift Valley region last year before spreading to Tanzania through migrating Maasai livestock keepers who occupy big pasturelands in the East African highlands.
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Being the most dangerous disease to hit Tanzania in recent years, RVF was first reported in Kenya but it originated from Egypt and had spread through the Great African Rift Valley, rich with wildlife and livestock.
Medical experts outlined RVF symptoms to an affected person as high fever, headache, body-ache, nausea, vomiting and loss of weight within a short period. At its advanced stage, the RVF victim experience over-bleeding through various body parts and later dies.
... No warning yet issued to thousands of foreign tourists flocking northern Tanzania, but authorities in the capital city of Dar es Salaam said hotel and lodge owners and ground tourist handlers have been notified to protect their foreign clients from possible contamination with the RVF virus.
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