Publications by authors named "Elkhalil Ishagh"
Background: Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an acute viral anthropozoonosis that causes epizootics and epidemics among livestock population and humans. Multiple emergences and reemergences of the virus have occurred in Mauritania over the last decade. This article describes the outbreak that occurred in 2015 in Mauritania and reports the results of serological and molecular investigations of blood samples collected from suspected RVF patients.
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- A study screened 1,020 pregnant women and 946 routine patients in Mauritania for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis Delta virus (HDV), revealing significant prevalence rates: 10.7% HBsAg and 66.3% anti-HBcAb in pregnant women, indicating high HBV endemicity.
- Factors like education level, ethnicity, blood transfusions, and gender were significantly associated with HBV exposure in pregnant women and patients.
- The study also identified high genetic diversity among HBV strains, with HBV/D being the most common genotype, and found that 67.7% of HDV-positive patients had detectable HDV-RNA.