Rift Valley fever outbreak, southern Mauritania, 2012

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;20(2):296-9. doi: 10.3201/eid2002.131000.

Abstract

After a period of heavy rainfall, an outbreak of Rift Valley fever occurred in southern Mauritania during September-November 2012. A total of 41 human cases were confirmed, including 13 deaths, and 12 Rift Valley fever virus strains were isolated. Moudjeria and Temchecket Departments were the most affected areas.

Keywords: Mauritania; RVFV; Rift Valley fever; Rift Valley fever virus; field investigation; outbreak; re-emergence; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Animals
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Culicidae / virology*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Insect Vectors / virology*
  • Male
  • Mauritania / epidemiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Phylogeny
  • Rift Valley Fever / epidemiology*
  • Rift Valley Fever / mortality
  • Rift Valley Fever / transmission
  • Rift Valley Fever / virology
  • Rift Valley fever virus / classification
  • Rift Valley fever virus / genetics*
  • Seasons
  • Survival Analysis
  • Viral Proteins / classification
  • Viral Proteins / genetics*

Substances

  • Viral Proteins