Yellow fever outbreak in Darfur, Sudan in october 2012; the initial outbreak investigation report

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 370-376

  Soghaier, Mohammed A ^a   Hagar, Ahmed ^a   Abbas, Mohammed A ^a   Elmangory, Mutasim M ^a   Eltahir, Khalid M ^b   Sall, Amadou A ^c  

^a Sudan Federal Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

^b WHO Country Office   (Sudan)

^c Pasture Institute   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Darfur; Soghaier; Sudan; VHFs; Yellow Fever

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE FINDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SUDAN; TICK; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YELLOW FEVER; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

DARFUR; SOGHAIER; SUDAN; VHFS; YELLOW FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUDAN; YELLOW FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883776853     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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