Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2014)

Rift Valley Fever Outbreak, Southern Mauritania, 2012

  • Abdourahmane Sow,
  • Ousmane Faye,
  • Yamar Ba,
  • Hampathé Ba,
  • Diawo Diallo,
  • Oumar Faye,
  • Cheikh Loucoubar,
  • Mohamed Boushab,
  • Yahya Barry,
  • Mawlouth Diallo,
  • Amadou Alpha Sall

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2002.131000
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 2
pp. 296 – 299

Abstract

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After a period of heavy rainfall, an outbreak of Rift Valley fever occurred in southern Mauritania during September–November 2012. A total of 41 human cases were confirmed, including 13 deaths, and 12 Rift Valley fever virus strains were isolated. Moudjeria and Temchecket Departments were the most affected areas.

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