Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2001)

Rift Valley Fever Outbreak, Mauritania, 1998: Seroepidemiologic, Virologic, Entomologic, and Zoologic Investigations

  • Pierre Nabeth,
  • Yacouba Kane,
  • Mohameden O. Abdalahi,
  • Mawlouth Diallo,
  • Kader Ndiaye,
  • Khalilou Ba,
  • Fabien Schneegans,
  • Amadou Alpha Sall,
  • Christian Mathiot

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0706.010627
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 6
pp. 1052 – 1054

Abstract

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A Rift Valley fever outbreak occurred in Mauritania in 1998. Seroepidemiologic and virologic investigation showed active circulation of the Rift Valley fever virus, with 13 strains isolated, and 16% (range 1.5%-38%) immunoglobulin (Ig) M-positivity in sera from 90 humans and 343 animals (sheep, goats, camels, cattle, and donkeys). One human case was fatal.

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