Publications

ecological, morphological and genetic characterization of sympatric haemonchus spp. parasites of domestic ruminants in mauritania.	the 4 species of ruminants (dromedary, zebu cattle, sheep and goat) in arid areas of mauritania harboured haemonchus spp. as the most frequent internal parasite. this was a rare situation where the 3 putative species, h. longistipes (dromedary), h. placei (zebu cattle) and h. contortus (sheep and goat) occurred sympatrically. the study was undertaken on hosts slaughtered at the nouakchott abattoir, on the basis of monthly collection of worms. the environment was very unfavourable to h. placei an ...	1995	7753587
crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever, mauritania.	from february to august 2003, 38 persons were infected with crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf) virus in mauritania; 35 of these persons were residents of nouakchott. the first patient was a young woman who became ill shortly after butchering a goat. she transmitted the infection to 15 persons in the hospital where she was admitted and four members of her family. in nouakchott, two disease clusters and 11 isolated cases were identified. the case-fatality ratio was 28.6%. of the patients not i ...	2004	15663851