Uganda’s Rift Valley Fever Outbreak: More Surprises from an Unpredictable Disease

Goats at water hole, South Sudan Charles Hoots

Goats at water hole, South Sudan Charles Hoots

Rift Valley Fever outbreaks have long been predicted in Uganda. But when the nation declared its first ever outbreak of this zoonotic virus last week, it could hardly have occurred in a more unlikely part of the country. This is just the latest in several surprises this mosquito-borne virus has thrown at us over the past few decades.

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