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Table 1 Major Rift Valley Fever outbreaks with cumulated reported human cases and confirmed deaths over the period 2000–2019 (WHO data [23])

From: The challenging management of Rift Valley Fever in humans: literature review of the clinical disease and algorithm proposal

Outbreaks dates

Geographic distribution

Reported cases

Cumulated reported cases

Deaths confirmed

Cumulated confirmed deaths

2000–2001

Saudi Arabia, Yemen

886

886

123

123

2006–2007

Kenya

700

1586

158

281

2006–2007

Somalia

114

1700

51

332

2006–2007

Tanzania

264

1964

109

441

2007–2008

Sudan

747

2711

230

671

2008–2009

Madagascar

712

3423

26

697

2009–2011

South Africa and Namibia

> 250

3673

26

723

2010

Mauritania

63

3736

13

736

2012

Mauritania

41

3777

18

754

2013–2014

Mauritania and Senegal

11

3788

0

754

2015

Mauritania

31

3819

8

762

2016–2018

Uganda

16

3835

7

769

2016

Niger

348

4183

33

802

2018

Kenya

26

4209

6

808

2019

Mayotte

143

4352

0

808

2019–…a

Sudana

365a

4717

11a

819

  1. aOngoing outbreak, provisional figures from reports as of 9th December 2019