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1: Emerg Infect Dis. 2001 Nov-Dec;7(6):1052-4.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Rift Valley fever outbreak, Mauritania, 1998: seroepidemiologic, virologic, entomologic, and zoologic investigations.

Nabeth P, Kane Y, Abdalahi MO, Diallo M, Ndiaye K, Ba K, Schneegans F, Sall AA, Mathiot C.

Ministère de la Santé et des Affaires Sociales, Nouakchott, Mauritania.

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.

PMID: 11747742 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC2631907