title: Rift Valley fever outbreak, Mauritania, 1998: seroepidemiologic, virologic, entomologic, and zoologic investigations.
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.
authors.affiliation: Ministère de la Santé et des Affaires Sociales, Nouakchott, Mauritania.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nabeth
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Abdalahi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diallo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ndiaye
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ba
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schneegans
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sall
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mathiot
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002417:Cattle; D002519:Ceratopogonidae; D003465:Culex; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D008297:Male; D008435:Mauritania / Q000453:epidemiology; D011576:Psychodidae; D012295:Rift Valley Fever / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral