Lessons from the 2006-2007 Rift Valley fever outbreak in East Africa: implications for prevention of emerging infectious diseases

Robert F Breiman†, M Kariuki Njenga, Sarah Cleaveland, SK Sharif, Murithi Mbabu & Lonnie King †Author for correspondence Global Disease Detection Division, US Centers for Disease Control & PreventionKenya, Nairobi, Kenya Tel.: +254 20 271 3008; Fax: +254 20 271 4745; rbreiman@ke.cdc.gov “Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinions in good men is but knowledge in the making.” – John Milton (1608–1674)

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