Volume 13, Number 7—July 2007
Research
Rift Valley Fever Outbreak with East-Central African Virus Lineage in Mauritania, 2003
Ousmane Faye*, Mawlouth Diallo*, Djibril Diop†, O. Elmamy Bezeid‡, Hampathé Bâ†, Mbayame Niang*, Ibrahima Dia*, Sid Ahmed Ould Mohamed†, Kader Ndiaye*, Diawo Diallo*, Peinda Ogo Ly*, Boubacar Diallo‡, Pierre Nabeth*, François Simon*, Baïdy Lô†, and Ousmane Madiagne Diop*
Table 1
Prevalence rate of immunoglobulin M against Rift Valley fever virus in livestock from Mauritania, 200
| District/Locality | Month sampled | Livestock species (no. positive/no. tested) | No. abortions/ no. tested | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep | Goats | Total | |||
| Brakna | |||||
| Taiba | Oct | 0/1 | 3/9 | 3/10 | 6/10 |
| Guimi | Oct | 1/1 | 4/7 | 5/8 | 8/8 |
| Sagle Moure | Nov | 0/0 | 5/7 | 5/7 | 5/7 |
| 13/42 (42%) | 19/25 (76%) | ||||
| Trarza | |||||
| Boynayé | Oct | 0/3 | 0/6 | 0/9 | 0/9 |
| Rkiz | Oct | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 |
| 2/11 (18%) | 2/11 (18%) | ||||
| Assaba | |||||
| Legrane | Nov | 0/1 | 2/5 | 2/6 | 5/6 |
| Kélébélé | Nov | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Tézékré | Nov | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Hseytine | Nov | 0/0 | 6/8 | 6/8 | 8/8 |
| 10/18 (55%) | 17/18 (94%) | ||||
| Total | 1/6 (16%) | 24/48 (50%) | 25/54 (39%) | 38/54 (70%) | |
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