Kenya health officials are trying to stop the spread of Rift Valley Fever, which has killed more than 600 people. In Northern Kenya it killed 478 people, and 148 through out the nation.
After more than a month of ferocity in Northern Kenya where it killed 478 people and infected 33,00, Rift Valley Fever – RVF has now spread into Kenya’s central province and killed a patient who was admitted at the Kenyatta National Hospital. The new deaths in NEP exclude the national toll at 148 announced by the Health ministry, Kenya.
Rift Valley fever is a toxic generalized febrile virus disease of humans and animals in South and East Africa, transmitted by a mosquito, and characterized by headache, photophobia, myalgia, and anorexia. In a small percentage of cases (< 2%) the illness can progress to hemorrhagic fever syndrome, meningo-encephalitis (inflammation of the brain), or affecting the eye. Patients who become ill usually experience fever, generalized weakness, back pain, dizziness, and weight loss at the onset of the illness. Typically, patients recover within 2-7 days after onset.