Association of Rift Valley fever virus infection with miscarriage in Sudanese women: a cross-sectional study

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2016, Pages e864-e871

  Baudin, Maria ^a   Jumaa, Ammar M ^b   Jomma, Huda J E ^c   Karsany, Mubarak S ^d   Bucht, Göran ^e   Näslund, Jonas ^e   Ahlm, Clas ^a   Evander, Magnus ^a   Mohamed, Nahla ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Red Sea University   (Sudan)

^c Department of Haematology Medical Laboratory Sciences Division Port Sudan Ahlia College   (Sudan)

^d KARARY UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

^e SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLEEDING DISORDER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENGUE VIRUS; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMATOCRIT; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; MOSQUITO VECTOR; PATHOGENICITY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUDAN; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOSQUITO VECTORS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SUDAN;

EID: 84994588604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30176-0     Document Type: Article

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