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SUBMITTER: Andriamandimby SF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3086256 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Emerging infectious diseases 20100601 6
During 2 successive rainy seasons, January 2008 through May 2008 and November 2008 through March 2009, Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) caused outbreaks in Madagascar. Human and animal infections were confirmed on the northern and southern coasts and in the central highlands. Analysis of partial sequences from RVFV strains showed that all were similar to the strains circulating in Kenya during 2006-2007. A national cross-sectional serologic survey among slaughterhouse workers at high risk showed t ...[more]