Reemergence of Rift Valley fever, Mauritania, 2010

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;20(2):300-3. doi: 10.3201/eid2002.130996.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Mauritania; Rift Valley fever; Rift Valley fever viruses; animals; field investigations; human; mosquitoes; outbreak; reemergence; virus lineage; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Camelus / virology
  • Culex / virology*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Goats / virology
  • Humans
  • Insect Vectors / virology*
  • Male
  • Mauritania / epidemiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral / classification
  • RNA, Viral / genetics*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • 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*
  • Sheep / virology
  • Survival Analysis

Substances

  • RNA, Viral