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. 2019 Nov;25(11):2126.
doi: 10.3201/eid2511.181766.

Dengue Fever in the Darfur Area, Western Sudan

Ayman Ahmed, Yousif Ali, Babiker Elmagboul, Omaima Mohamed, Adel Elduma, Hind Bashab, Ahmed Mahamoud, Hayat Khogali, Arwa Elaagip, Tarig Higazi

Dengue Fever in the Darfur Area, Western Sudan

Ayman Ahmed et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Nov.

Abstract

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: Darfur; Sudan; arbovirus; dengue; dengue hemorrhagic fever; dengue shock syndrome; dengue virus; emergence; epidemic; outbreak; serotypes; viruses; zoonoses.

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Number of dengue case-patients per week, Darfur area, western Sudan, September 16, 2014–April 7, 2015.
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