Dengue Fever in the Darfur Area, Western Sudan

Ayman Ahmed,Yousif Ali,Babiker A. Elmagboul,Omaima Mohamed,Adel Elduma,Hind Mohammed Bashab,Ahmed Mahamoud,Hayat S. Khogali,Arwa H. Elaagip,Tarig B. Higazi

Dengue Fever in the Darfur Area, Western Sudan

2019

Ayman Ahmed
Yousif Ali
Babiker A. Elmagboul
Omaima Mohamed
Adel Elduma
Hind Mohammed Bashab
Ahmed Mahamoud
Hayat S. Khogali
Arwa H. Elaagip
Tarig B. Higazi

: 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.

Keywords:

Dengue fever
Virology
Biology
Immunology
Outbreak
Dengue shock syndrome
febrile illness
Arbovirus
dengue hemorrhagic fever
Dengue virus
Serotype

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