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SUBMITTER: Faye O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2878230 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Emerging infectious diseases 20070701 7
In October 2003, 9 human cases of hemorrhagic fever were reported in 3 provinces of Mauritania, West Africa. Test results showed acute Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) infection, and a field investigation found recent circulation of RVFV with a prevalence rate of 25.5% (25/98) and 4 deaths among the 25 laboratory-confirmed case-patients. Immunoglobulin M against RVFV was found in 46% (25/54) of domestic animals. RVFV was also isolated from the mosquito species Culex poicilipes. Genetic comparison ...[more]