Reemergence of Rift Valley fever, Mauritania, 2010.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Faye O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3901463 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature