Outbreak Rift Valley

To become an investigating officer - do you accept the challenge?

• Yes

• No

What would you ask the healthcare worker to do next?

• Send all the sick to the local hospital

• Beginning interviewing those who are sick

• Wait until you get there to do anything.

What do many of the sick have in common?

• They live near each other

• They touched raw meat

• They have a sick family member

What do you think is causing the illness?

• Parasites

• Contaminated crops

• Mosquitoes

What would you do next?

• Prevent others from getting mosquito bites

• Treat everyone with a mosquito bite for yellow fever

• Case closed. No need to do anymore work

What was the most important factor in the spread of the Rift Valley fever to humans?

• The sheep

• The mosquitoes

• Contaminated flood waters