Unexpected Rift Valley Fever outbreak, northern Mauritania

AB Ould El Mamy; M Ould Baba; Y Barry; K Isselmou; ML Dia; B Hampate; MY Diallo; MOB El Kory; M Diop; MM Lo; Y Thiongane; M Bengoumi; L Puech; L Plee; F Claes; S de La Rocque; B Doumbia

doi:10.3201/eid1710.110397

Unexpected Rift Valley Fever outbreak, northern Mauritania

AB Ould El Mamy, M Ould Baba, Y Barry, K Isselmou, ML Dia, B Hampate, MY Diallo, MOB El Kory, M Diop, MM Lo, Y Thiongane, M Bengoumi, L Puech, L Plee, F Claes, S de La Rocque, B Doumbia

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During September-October 2010, an unprecedented outbreak of Rift Valley fever was reported in the northern Sahelian region of Mauritania after exceptionally heavy rainfall. Camels probably played a central role in the local amplification of the virus. We describe the main clinical signs (hemorrhagic fever, icterus, and nervous symptoms) observed during the outbreak.

Original language	English
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	17
Issue number	10
Pages (from-to)	1894-1896
Number of pages	3
ISSN	1080-6040
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1710.110397
Publication status	Published - 2011

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Viral diseases
Animal diseases
Zoonoses
Rift Valley fever
Vectors
Mosquitoes
Aedes
Culex
Outbreaks
Camels
Clinical manifestations
Case reports
Serology
Drought
Environmental aspects
Mortality
Mauritania
Africa-West

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Ould El Mamy, AB., Ould Baba, M., Barry, Y., Isselmou, K., Dia, ML., Hampate, B., Diallo, MY., El Kory, MOB., Diop, M., Lo, MM., Thiongane, Y., Bengoumi, M., Puech, L., Plee, L., Claes, F., de La Rocque, S., & Doumbia, B. (2011). Unexpected Rift Valley Fever outbreak, northern Mauritania. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17(10), 1894-1896. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1710.110397

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Unexpected Rift Valley Fever outbreak, northern Mauritania

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