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. 2023 Jun 9;72(23):639-640.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7223a6.

Notes from the Field: Rift Valley Fever Outbreak - Mbarara District, Western Uganda, January-March 2023

Zainah Kabami, Alex R Ario, Richard Migisha, Helen Nelly Naiga, Annet Martha Nankya, Peter Ssebutinde, Christopher Nahabwe, Santos Omia, Francis Mugabi, David Muwanguzi, Allan Muruta, Joshua Kayiwa, Samuel Gidudu, Daniel Kadobera, Luke Nyakarahuka, Jimmy Baluku, Stephen Balinandi, Caitlin M Cossaboom, Julie R Harris

Notes from the Field: Rift Valley Fever Outbreak - Mbarara District, Western Uganda, January-March 2023

Zainah Kabami et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
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All authors have completed and submitted the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.

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Probable* (n = 1) and confirmed† (n = 24) human cases of Rift Valley fever — Mbarara District, Western Uganda, January–March 2023 * A probable case was defined as the occurrence of fever with a negative malaria test and two or more symptoms (headache, muscle pain, dizziness, blurred vision, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, or diarrhea) in a resident of or visitor to Mbarara during or after December 2022 who had a history of livestock contact and died without laboratory testing. † A confirmed case was laboratory-confirmed using Rift Valley fever virus reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction testing or a positive immunoglobulin M enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test result.
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