Skip to content
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Dengue hemorrhagic fever outbreak in children in Port Sudan
Journal of Infection and Public Health, Volume 4, No. 1, Year 2011
Notification
URL copied to clipboard!
Description
Dengue fever (DF)/dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) has emerged as a global public health problem with countries in Asia and the Pacific sharing more than 70% of the disease burden. In 2004-2005 a total of 312 cases admitted to Pediatric and Sea Port Hospitals in Port Sudan were clinically diagnosed as DHF. The mortality rate recorded was 3.8% (n=12). Of the cases 73.4% were patients 5-15 years of age. A total of 91.2% of cases were admitted during May and June 2005 with 49.4% residing in the eastern region of Port Sudan. Dengue shock syndrome was observed in 37 of 312 (11.9%). All patients had thrombocytopenia with platelets count ranged from <100,000 to <150,000cell/mm3. Of the 40 sera tested using RAPID-cassette test in the Khartoum Central Public Health Lab, 36 (90%) were dengue IgM positive. A subset of these sera (n=23) were sent to NAMRU-3 and confirmed by IgM-capture ELISA; 9 of 23 were PCR positive for dengue serotype 3. © 2010.
Authors & Co-Authors
Malik, Amal
Sudan, Port Sudan
Red Sea University
Earhart, Kenneth C.
Egypt, Cairo
U.s. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Egypt
Mohareb, Emad W.
Egypt, Cairo
U.s. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Egypt
Saad, Magdi Darwish
Egypt, Cairo
U.s. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Egypt
Saeed, Mubarak
Sudan, Khartoum
National Public Health Laboratory
Ageep, Ali K.
Sudan, Port Sudan
Red Sea University
Soliman, Atef Kamal
Egypt, Cairo
U.s. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Egypt
Statistics
Citations: 56
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.jiph.2010.08.001
ISSN:
18760341
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Study Locations
Sudan