title: Unexpected Rift Valley fever outbreak, northern Mauritania.
abstract: During September-October 2010, an unprecedented outbreak of Rift Valley fever was reported in the northern Sahelian region of Mauritania after exceptionally heavy rainfall. Camels probably played a central role in the local amplification of the virus. We describe the main clinical signs (hemorrhagic fever, icterus, and nervous symptoms) observed during the outbreak.
authors: Centre National d'Etude et de Recherches Veterinaires, Nouakchott, Mauritania.
authors: Ahmed B O
authors: AB
authors: El Mamy
authors: Mohamed Ould
authors: MO
authors: Baba
authors: Yahya
authors: Y
authors: Barry
authors: Katia
authors: K
authors: Isselmou
authors: Mamadou L
authors: ML
authors: Dia
authors: Mohamed O B
authors: MO
authors: El Kory
authors: Mariam
authors: M
authors: Diop
authors: Modou Moustapha
authors: MM
authors: Lo
authors: Yaya
authors: Y
authors: Thiongane
authors: Mohammed
authors: M
authors: Bengoumi
authors: Lilian
authors: L
authors: Puech
authors: Ludovic
authors: L
authors: Plee
authors: Filip
authors: F
authors: Claes
authors: Stephane
authors: S
authors: de La Rocque
authors: Baba
authors: B
authors: Doumbia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002162:Camelus / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D008435:Mauritania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012295:Rift Valley Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012296:Rift Valley fever virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*