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Volume 20, Number 2—February 2014
Dispatch

Reemergence of Rift Valley Fever, Mauritania, 2010

Ousmane Faye, Hampathé Ba, Yamar Ba, Caio C.M. Freire, Oumar Faye, Oumar Ndiaye, Isselmou O. Elgady, Paolo M.A. Zanotto, Mawlouth Diallo, and Amadou A. SallComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal (O. Faye, Y. Ba, O. Faye, M. Diallo, A.A. Sall); Institut National de Recherche en Santé Publique, Nouakchott, Mauritania (H. Ba, I. O. Elgady); University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (C.C.M. Freire, P.M.A. Zanotto)

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Table 2

Serologic and virologic results for animals, Rift Valley Fever outbreak, Mauritania, 2010*

Animal
 No. females
 No. abortions
 No. positive for  IgM against RVFV
 No. positive for RVFV by RT-PCR
Sheep 13 8 5 0
Goats 70 19 18 0
Camels 5 0 0 3
Total 88 27 23 3

*RVFV, Rift Valley fever virus; RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR.

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