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Emerg Infect Dis. 2001 Nov-Dec; 7(6): 1052–1054.
doi: 10.3201/eid0706.010627
PMCID: PMC2631907
PMID: 11747742

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

P Nabeth, Y Kane, M O Abdalahi, M Diallo, K Ndiaye, K Ba, F Schneegans, A A Sall, and C Mathiot
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Abstract

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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