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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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Autores principales: Ahmed, Ayman, Ali, Yousif, Elmagboul, Babiker, Mohamed, Omaima, Elduma, Adel, Bashab, Hind, Mahamoud, Ahmed, Khogali, Hayat, Elaagip, Arwa, Higazi, Tarig
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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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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