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; C Mathiot

doi:10.3201/eid0706.010627

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

Emerg Infect Dis. 2001 Nov-Dec;7(6):1052-4. doi: 10.3201/eid0706.010627.

Authors

P Nabeth¹, Y Kane, M O Abdalahi, M Diallo, K Ndiaye, K Ba, F Schneegans, A A Sall, C Mathiot

Affiliation

¹ Ministère de la Santé et des Affaires Sociales, Nouakchott, Mauritania.

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.

MeSH terms

Animals
Anopheles
Antibodies, Viral / blood
Cattle
Ceratopogonidae
Culex
Disease Outbreaks*
Female
Humans
Insect Vectors*
Male
Mauritania / epidemiology
Psychodidae
Rift Valley Fever / blood
Rift Valley Fever / epidemiology*
Rift Valley Fever / immunology
Rift Valley Fever / virology
Seroepidemiologic Studies

Substances

Antibodies, Viral