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. 2020 Dec;26(12):3030-3033.
doi: 10.3201/eid2612.201599.

Unique Outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in Sudan, 2019

Ayman Ahmed, Yousif Ali, Adel Elduma, Mawahib Hassan Eldigail, Rehab Abdallah Mhmoud, Nouh Saad Mohamed, Thomas G Ksiazek, Isabelle Dietrich, Scott C Weaver

Unique Outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in Sudan, 2019

Ayman Ahmed et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

We report a unique outbreak of Rift Valley fever in the Eldamar area, Sudan, May-July 2019, that resulted in 1,129 case-patients and 19 (1.7%) deaths. Patients exhibited clinical signs including fever (100%), headache (79%), and bleeding (4%). Most (98%) patients also reported death and abortions among their livestock.

Keywords: One Health; RVF; Rift Valley fever; Sudan; arboviral diseases; arboviruses; epidemic; epizootic; mosquito-borne diseases; outbreak; vectorborne diseases; zoonoses.

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Figure 1
Distribution of Rift Valley fever outbreaks in Sudan, by year.
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Figure 2
Cases of and deaths from Rift Valley fever, River Nile state, north Sudan, May 23–July 18, 2019.
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