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Dengue fever in the Darfur area, Western Sudan

Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 25, No. 11, Year 2019

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.
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Citations: 33
Authors: 10
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Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Sudan