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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*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal; †Institut National de Recherche en Santé Publique, Nouakchott, Mauritania; ‡Centre National d’Elevage et de Recherche Vétérinaire, Nouakchott, Mauritania;

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Figure 3

Phylogenetic relationships of the S (small), M (medium), and L (large) RNA segments of Rift Valley fever viruses. Strains isolated in Mauritania (gray shading) are designated H1MAU03 and H2MAU03, according to previous abbreviation guidelines (24). Nucleotide sequences of these segments (S, M, and L) have been submitted to GenBank with the following accession nos., respectively: EF160113, EF160116, and EF160117 for H1MAU03; EF160114, EF160115, and EF160118 for H2MAU03. Branch lengths are proporti

Figure 3. Phylogenetic relationships of the S (small), M (medium), and L (large) RNA segments of Rift Valley fever viruses. Strains isolated in Mauritania (gray shading) are designated H1MAU03 and H2MAU03, according to previous abbreviation guidelines (24). Nucleotide sequences of these segments (S, M, and L) have been submitted to GenBank with the following accession nos., respectively: EF160113, EF160116, and EF160117 for H1MAU03; EF160114, EF160115, and EF160118 for H2MAU03. Branch lengths are proportional to the number of substitutions per site.

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