Eastern (Great) Rift Valley
Geology and stratigraphy of the south eastern Lake Edward basin (Petroleum Exploration Area 4B), Albertine Rift Valley, Uganda
... Albertine Rift Valley of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo which forms the northern end of the western arm of the East African Rift ...onshore rift-fill sediments or established a ...
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Evolution and Termination of Lakes in Jordan and Their Relevance to Human Migration from Africa to Asia and Europe
... The evolution of the hydrologic system after the start of the last Tethys regres- sion during the Neogene and the formation and disappearance of these lakes are not well clarified until now. Reference has always been ...
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Rift Valley Fever: Recent Insights into Pathogenesis and Prevention
... Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is an arthropod-borne pathogen that primarily affects ruminants in eastern and sub- Saharan Africa (7, ...of Rift Valley fever have resulted in ...
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Rift Valley Fever: A Review
... Bunyaviridae). Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a peracute or acute zoonotic disease of domestic ruminants in Africa and, recently, the Arabian ...the eastern half of Africa, from South Africa to ...trade. ...
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Rift Valley fever: current challenges and future prospects
... RVF has proven capable of emerging in new areas, or reap- pearing after long periods of dormancy. The reemergence pattern of RVFV in Eastern Africa is associated with the El Niño–Southern Oscillation phenomenon, ...
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Methods for successful inactivation of Rift Valley fever virus in infected mosquitoes
... (Bouloy and Weber, 2010). The virus is mosquito-transmitted, causes severe epidemics among ruminants and humans, and is endemic to eastern and southern Africa (Daubney, Hudson, and Garnham, 1931; Linthicum, ...
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Magmatism of the Kenya Rift Valley : a review
... Macdonald et al. (1994b) brought together evidence from mantle structure and composition, basalt equilibration pres- sures and geophysical information to suggest a relationship between basalt composition, lithospheric ...
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Role of Culex and Anopheles mosquito species as potential vectors of rift valley fever virus in Sudan outbreak, 2007
... Satellite monitoring (June-September, 2007) showed that most of the central Sudan could be unusually sub- jected to heavy rainfall, and generated RVF risk warn- ings for central and southern Sudan in July-September. In ...
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Genetic diversity of Aspergillus flavus and occurrence of aflatoxin contamination in stored maize across three agro-ecological zones in Kenya
... This could explain the high levels of A. flavus isolates across the three sites. Co-occurrence of mycotoxigenic fungi (Fusarium, Aspergillus and Penicillium) within maize kernels could indicate possibility of multiple ...
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Genetic Diversity of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) Accession in Kenya Gene Bank Based on Simple Sequence Repeat Markers
... Increased agricultural production is an urgent issue. Projected global population is 9 million people by mid of this century. Estimation projects death of 1 million people for lack of food quality (micronutrient deficit) ...
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Hydrography and flow in the rift valley of the Mid Atlantic Ridge
... conclusion, however.) This appears to be the first study where an attempt has been made to infer the fate of the rift-valley water (and the associated hydrothermal tracers) beyond segment boundaries. ...
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Contribution of exclosure for environmental conservation and community livelihoods in the central rift valley area of Ethiopia
... areas cover (7,172 ha). The major vegetation types of the study area are characterized by acacia woodland which includes species, such as Acacia tortilis, Acacia oerfota, Acacia etbaica, Acacia Senegal and Acacia ...
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Characterization of Rift Valley Fever Virus Transcriptional Terminations
... Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) (genus Phlebovirus, family Bunyaviridae) has a tripartite negative-strand genome and causes a mosquito-borne disease among humans and livestock in sub-Saharan African and ...
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Investigation of Spatial Risk Factors for RVF Disease Occurrence Using Remote Sensing & GIS—A Case Study: Sinnar State, Sudan
... NDVI, a measure of vegetation greenness, is often highly climate dependent. Rainfall amount coupled with types of soils that have high capacity of retaining moisture create suitable conditions for high NDVI values. NDVI ...
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Genetic Reassortment of Rift Valley Fever Virus in Nature
... Rift Valley fever is a serious emerging arthropod-borne viral anthropozoonosis caused by a phlebovirus (Rift Valley fever virus [RVFV], family Bunyaviridae), which was reported pri- marily to ...
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Evaluation of Fluorescence Microsphere Immunoassay for Detection of Antibodies to Rift Valley Fever Virus Nucleocapsid Protein and Glycoproteins
... ABSTRACT Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a mosquito-borne, zoonotic virus that in- fects ruminants, including cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and ...
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A Synthesis of Three Surface Surveys in Jordan and an Interpretation of Increased Settlement and Land Use in the Late Byzantine Era.
... from the late 3 rd century onwards. Before Arabia was annexed, Rome maintained client kingdoms such as the Herodian and Nabataean kingdoms who deferred to Rome. Under Hadrian, 117-138, the region was divided into Syria ...
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Creation of a Nonspreading Rift Valley Fever Virus
... Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic bunyavirus of the genus Phlebovirus and a serious human and veterinary pathogen. RVFV contains a three-segmented RNA genome, which is comprised of ...
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Rift Valley fever virus NSs protein functions and the similarity to other bunyavirus NSs proteins
... RVF, Rift Valley fever; RVFV, Rift Valley fever virus; SAP30, Sin3A-associated 30-kD protein; SFSV, sandfly fever sicilian virus; SFTS, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; SFTSV, ...
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Impacts of Mau Forest Catchment on the Great Rift Valley Lakes in Kenya
... Remote sensing and GIS applications are being widely used for various projects relating to natural resource management. Forests are very important national assets for economic, environmental protection, social and ...
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