Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2014)

Reemergence of Rift Valley Fever, Mauritania, 2010

  • Ousmane Faye,
  • Hampathé Ba,
  • Yamar Ba,
  • Caio C.M. Freire,
  • Oumar Faye,
  • Oumar Ndiaye,
  • Isselmou O. Elgady,
  • Paolo M.A. Zanotto,
  • Mawlouth Diallo,
  • Amadou A. Sall

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2002.130996
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 2
pp. 300 – 303

Abstract

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A Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreak in humans and animals occurred in Mauritania in 2010. Thirty cases of RVF in humans and 3 deaths were identified. RVFV isolates were recovered from humans, camels, sheep, goats, and Culex antennatus mosquitoes. Phylogenetic analysis of isolates indicated a virus origin from western Africa.

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