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
Publication date
February 2014
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
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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