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Dengue Fever in the Darfur Area, Western Sudan
We report an outbreak of dengue in Darfur, western Sudan, during September 2014–April 2015. Dengue virus–specific PCR testing of 50 samples from nonmalaria febrile illness case-patients confirmed 35 dengue cases. We detected 7 cases of dengue shock syndrome and 24 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810194/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31625864 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.181766 |
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author | Ahmed, Ayman Ali, Yousif Elmagboul, Babiker Mohamed, Omaima Elduma, Adel Bashab, Hind Mahamoud, Ahmed Khogali, Hayat Elaagip, Arwa Higazi, Tarig |
author_facet | Ahmed, Ayman Ali, Yousif Elmagboul, Babiker Mohamed, Omaima Elduma, Adel Bashab, Hind Mahamoud, Ahmed Khogali, Hayat Elaagip, Arwa Higazi, Tarig |
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description | We report an outbreak of dengue in Darfur, western Sudan, during September 2014–April 2015. Dengue virus–specific PCR testing of 50 samples from nonmalaria febrile illness case-patients confirmed 35 dengue cases. We detected 7 cases of dengue shock syndrome and 24 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever. |
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spelling | pubmed-68101942019-11-01 Dengue Fever in the Darfur Area, Western Sudan Ahmed, Ayman Ali, Yousif Elmagboul, Babiker Mohamed, Omaima Elduma, Adel Bashab, Hind Mahamoud, Ahmed Khogali, Hayat Elaagip, Arwa Higazi, Tarig Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report an outbreak of dengue in Darfur, western Sudan, during September 2014–April 2015. Dengue virus–specific PCR testing of 50 samples from nonmalaria febrile illness case-patients confirmed 35 dengue cases. We detected 7 cases of dengue shock syndrome and 24 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6810194/ /pubmed/31625864 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.181766 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Letter Ahmed, Ayman Ali, Yousif Elmagboul, Babiker Mohamed, Omaima Elduma, Adel Bashab, Hind Mahamoud, Ahmed Khogali, Hayat Elaagip, Arwa Higazi, Tarig Dengue Fever in the Darfur Area, Western Sudan |
title | Dengue Fever in the Darfur Area, Western Sudan |
title_full | Dengue Fever in the Darfur Area, Western Sudan |
title_fullStr | Dengue Fever in the Darfur Area, Western Sudan |
title_full_unstemmed | Dengue Fever in the Darfur Area, Western Sudan |
title_short | Dengue Fever in the Darfur Area, Western Sudan |
title_sort | dengue fever in the darfur area, western sudan |
topic | Research Letter |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810194/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31625864 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.181766 |
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