Epidemiologic Investigations into Outbreaks of Rift Valley Fever in Humans, South Africa, 2008–2011
Brett N. Archer
, Juno Thomas, Jacqueline Weyer, Ayanda Cengimbo, Dadja E. Landoh, Charlene Jacobs, Sindile Ntuli, Motshabi Modise, Moshe Mathonsi, Morton S. Mashishi, Patricia A. Leman, Chantel le Roux, Petrus Jansen van Vuren, Alan Kemp, Janusz T. Paweska, and Lucille Blumberg
Author affiliations: National Institute for Communicable Diseases–National Health Laboratory Service (NICD-NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa (B.N. Archer, J. Thomas, J. Weyer, A. Cengimbo, C. Jacobs, S. Ntuli, P.A. Leman, C. le Roux, P. Jansen van Vuren, A. Kemp, J.T. Paweska, L. Blumberg); University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (J. Thomas, L. Blumberg); NICD-NHLS–School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, South Africa (D.E. Landoh, M. Modise, M. Mathonsi, M. S. Mashishi); Ministère de la Santé, Lomé, Togo (D.E. Landoh).
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Figure 1. Epidemic curve illustrating the frequency of Rift Valley fever laboratory-confirmed cases, all specimens tested, and suspected cases tested by month of illness onset, South Africa, 2008–2011 (N = 302).
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