Reemergence of Rift Valley Fever, Mauritania, 2010
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Reemergence of Rift Valley Fever, Mauritania, 2010
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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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid2002.130996