Volume 12, Number 4—April 2006
Letter
Rift Valley Fever in Goats, Cameroon
Matthew LeBreton*
, Sally Umlauf†, Cyrille F. Djoko*‡, Peter Daszak§, Donald S. Burke¶, Paul Yemgai Kwenkam#, and Nathan D. Wolfe¶
, Sally Umlauf†, Cyrille F. Djoko*‡, Peter Daszak§, Donald S. Burke¶, Paul Yemgai Kwenkam#, and Nathan D. Wolfe¶Table
Site, age, and sex of goat samples positive for Rift Valley fever virus*
| Site | Age, y | Sex | I-ELISA PP | HI titer | SN titer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market | 1.5 | F | 10 | – | / |
| Rural | 3 | M | 14 | – | / |
| Rural | 3.5 | F | 15 | – | / |
| Rural | 4 | F | 16 | – | / |
| Rural | 4.5 | M | 35 | – | 4 |
| Rural | 3 | F | / | 320 | 8 |
| Rural | 2 | F | 106 | 5,120 | 12 |
*By indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (I-ELISA), hemagglutination inhibition (HI), and serum neutralization (SN); PP, optical density expressed as a percentage of high-positive control serum; /, not tested; –, negative.
