Dengue Fever in the Darfur Area, Western Sudan

Authors

Ayman Ahmed, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Yousif Ali, Federal Ministry of Health Sudan
Babiker Elmagboul, Federal Ministry of Health Sudan
Omaima Mohamed, Federal Ministry of Health Sudan
Adel Elduma, Federal Ministry of Health Sudan
Hind Bashab, Federal Ministry of Health Sudan
Ahmed Mahamoud, Federal Ministry of Health Sudan
Hayat Khogali, Federal Ministry of Health Sudan
Arwa Elaagip, Khartoum University
Tarig Higazi, Ohio University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2019

Abstract

© 2019 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved. 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.

Recommended Citation

Ahmed, Ayman; Ali, Yousif; Elmagboul, Babiker; Mohamed, Omaima; Elduma, Adel; Bashab, Hind; Mahamoud, Ahmed; Khogali, Hayat; Elaagip, Arwa; and Higazi, Tarig, "Dengue Fever in the Darfur Area, Western Sudan" (2019). Biological Sciences Open Access Publications. 3.
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/biology-oapub/3