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Rift valley fever epidemic in Niger near border with Mali

2016; Elsevier BV; Volume: 16; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s1473-3099(16)30477-7

1474-4457

Ernest Tambo, Oluwasogo A. Olalubi, Moussa Sacko,

Fire effects on ecosystems

Rift Valley haemorrhagic fever epizootics in Niger have reportedly led to 90 human cases of the disease and 28 deaths (31% fatality rate) in more than 56 villages as of Oct 5, 2016, 1 WHO Regional Office for AfricaNiger: Rift Valley fever (situation as of 05 October 2016). http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters-a-programmes/dpc/epidemic-a-pandemic-alert-and-response/outbreak-news/5079-niger-rift-valley-fever-situation-as-of-05-october-2016.html Google Scholar mainly in nomadic stockbreeders and traders. Substantial livestock and cattle loss has occurred in the Tchintabaraden health district of Tahoua on the western Niger border with Mali. 1 WHO Regional Office for AfricaNiger: Rift Valley fever (situation as of 05 October 2016). http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters-a-programmes/dpc/epidemic-a-pandemic-alert-and-response/outbreak-news/5079-niger-rift-valley-fever-situation-as-of-05-october-2016.html Google Scholar The effects of this unexpected epidemic is hitting just at a time when the impoverished region is recovering and making efforts to strengthen national epidemic preparedness and emergency response following the huge social and economic losses of the west Africa Ebola epidemic of 2014–16. 2 Tambo E Ugwu EC Ngogang JY Need of surveillance response systems to combat Ebola outbreaks and other emerging infectious diseases in African countries. Inf Dis Poverty. 2014; 3: 29 Crossref PubMed Scopus (89) Google Scholar Extreme weather and climate changes that favour mosquito breeding, highly adaptable animal and human reservoirs, a complex transmission cycle involving livestock and human beings, proliferation of several species of mosquitoes (Aedes, Culex, and Anophelesspp), and uncontrolled movement of livestock and people increase the risk of an outbreak of Rift Valley haemorrhagic fever. 1 WHO Regional Office for AfricaNiger: Rift Valley fever (situation as of 05 October 2016). http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters-a-programmes/dpc/epidemic-a-pandemic-alert-and-response/outbreak-news/5079-niger-rift-valley-fever-situation-as-of-05-october-2016.html Google Scholar , 3 Bird BH McElroy AK Rift Valley fever virus: unanswered questions. Antiviral Res. 2016; 132: 274-280 Crossref PubMed Scopus (34) Google Scholar