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Thursday 29 April 2010
Haemorrhagic fever confirmed in Sudan
Genetic analysis identifies human infections with haemorrhagic fever virus for the first time
Source: Flickr/Rita Willaert
Outbreaks of suspected Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) have been occurring in the Kordufan region of Sudan over the past two years, but scientists could not say for sure whether the CCHF virus circulates in the country.
Molecular tests on blood samples taken from patients during an outbreak affecting 12 people in 2008 have identified the virus for the first time in the country. The results of the analysis are published in the May edition of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
?Laboratory confirmation of 8 cases of CCHF demonstrates the presence of this disease in Sudan,? write Imadeldin Aradaib, from the National Ribat University in Khartoum, and colleagues...
...Reference and link
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Aradaib IE, Erickson BR, Mustafa ME, Khristiva ML, Saeed NS, Elageb RM, et al. Nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, Sudan. Emerg Infect Dis2010, 16:837?9. doi: 10.3201/eid1605.091815
World Health Organization information about Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
Thursday 29 April 2010
Haemorrhagic fever confirmed in Sudan
Genetic analysis identifies human infections with haemorrhagic fever virus for the first time
Source: Flickr/Rita Willaert
Outbreaks of suspected Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) have been occurring in the Kordufan region of Sudan over the past two years, but scientists could not say for sure whether the CCHF virus circulates in the country.
Molecular tests on blood samples taken from patients during an outbreak affecting 12 people in 2008 have identified the virus for the first time in the country. The results of the analysis are published in the May edition of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
?Laboratory confirmation of 8 cases of CCHF demonstrates the presence of this disease in Sudan,? write Imadeldin Aradaib, from the National Ribat University in Khartoum, and colleagues...
...Reference and link
1.
Aradaib IE, Erickson BR, Mustafa ME, Khristiva ML, Saeed NS, Elageb RM, et al. Nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, Sudan. Emerg Infect Dis2010, 16:837?9. doi: 10.3201/eid1605.091815
World Health Organization information about Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
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