Prevalence of Rift Valley Fever among Ruminants, Mayotte

Rift Valley fever threatens human and animal health. After a human case was confirmed in Comoros in 2007, 4 serosurveys among ruminants in Mayotte suggested that Rift Valley fever virus had been circulating at low levels since 2004, although no clinical cases occurred in animals. Entomologic and eco...

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Autores principales: Cêtre-Sossah, Catherine, Pédarrieu, Aurélie, Guis, Hélène, Defernez, Cédric, Bouloy, Michèle, Favre, Jacques, Girard, Sébastien, Cardinale, Eric, Albina, Emmanuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22607651
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1806.111165
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Sumario:Rift Valley fever threatens human and animal health. After a human case was confirmed in Comoros in 2007, 4 serosurveys among ruminants in Mayotte suggested that Rift Valley fever virus had been circulating at low levels since 2004, although no clinical cases occurred in animals. Entomologic and ecologic studies will help determine outbreak potential.

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