Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2011)

Unexpected Rift Valley Fever Outbreak, Northern Mauritania

  • Ahmed B. Ould El Mamy,
  • Mohamed Ould Baba,
  • Yahya Barry,
  • Katia Isselmou,
  • Mamadou L. Dia,
  • Ba Hampate,
  • Mamadou Y. Diallo,
  • Mohamed Ould Brahim El Kory,
  • Mariam Diop,
  • Modou Moustapha Lo,
  • Yaya Thiongane,
  • Mohammed Bengoumi,
  • Lilian Puech,
  • Ludovic Plee,
  • Filip Claes,
  • Stephane de La Rocque,
  • Baba Doumbia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1710.110397
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 10
pp. 1894 – 1896

Abstract

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During September–October 2010, an unprecedented outbreak of Rift Valley fever was reported in the northern Sahelian region of Mauritania after exceptionally heavy rainfall. Camels probably played a central role in the local amplification of the virus. We describe the main clinical signs (hemorrhagic fever, icterus, and nervous symptoms) observed during the outbreak.

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