[Neurologic and neurosensory forms of Rift Valley fever in Mauritania].
During and after a Rift Valley fever epidemic in Southern Mauritania, we observed 348 patients infected by RVF virus. 17 of them had encephalitis. These belonged to 2 groups, acute febrile forms with short duration and possibility of death, and sub-acute forms, with a longer duration and with sequelae. They were pure encephalitis, without clinical or biological meningeal signs. We also noticed 5 brutal ocular attacks, running very slowly, with sequelae.
Riou
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Hôpital de Rosso, RIM.
Philippe
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Jouan
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Coulibaly
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Mondo
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D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015828:Eye Infections, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008435:Mauritania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012295:Rift Valley Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology
Les formes neurologiques et neurosensorielles de la fièvre de la Vallée du Rift en Mauritanie.