Sudan: Hemorrhagic fever cases reported in Red Sea State - WHO confirms dengue

[Shiloh]

Source: https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/sudan-hemorrhagic-fever-cases-reported-red-sea-state

Sudan: Hemorrhagic fever cases reported in Red Sea State
PORT SUDAN (14 Jun.)

Local groups in Sudan?s Red Sea State have reported the spread of the spread of hemorrhagic fever cases in the state, further claiming the state government has deliberately refused to provide information about the outbreak.

Daoud Mahmoud, the political secretary of the United Popular Front (UPF), a coalition of eastern Sudanese factions and activists in the state, told Radio Dabanga that haemorrhagic fever has been spreading alarmingly.

He further claimed, ?The state government and health authorities have imposed a blackout on [information on] the disease, which kills people in eastern Sudan on a daily basis.?...

 

[sharon sanders]

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Re: Sudan: Hemorrhagic fever cases reported in Red Sea State

hat tip Michael Coston


Sudan: Port Sudan Hit by Unknown Virus, MERS Suspected
16 JUNE 2014


Port Sudan ? One person died and some 70 others have become ill in Port Sudan as a result of an unknown viral disease. A medical team was supposed to arrive to Port Sudan on Sunday for investigation. Sources speculate that the virus must be the deadly Corona virus.

more...

http://allafrica.com/stories/201406161246.html?viewall=1

 

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If the two outbreaks above are the same, MERS is unlikely. MERS does not produce hemorrhagic fever. A hemorrhagic fever with only one fatality in 70 cases might suggest something like dengue, leptospirosis, or Rift Valley Fever.

If the second outbreak is independent of the first (and the illness is not a hemorrhagic fever), the list of possible etiologies is long, but the CFR in the second outbreak appears too low for MERS.

 

[sharon sanders]

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Confirmed as dengue.

Please see:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=224635

 

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Re: Sudan: Hemorrhagic fever cases reported in Red Sea State - WHO confirms dengue

Here is a third report of an undiagnosed illness in Sudan this week. The symptoms here are consistent with dengue as well:

Published Date: 2014-06-18 12:31:02
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Undiagnosed outbreak - Sudan (08): (SD) fatal, IDP, RFI
Archive Number: 20140618.2548979

UNDIAGNOSED OUTBREAK - SUDAN (08): (SOUTH DARFUR) FATAL, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
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Date: Sun 15 Jun 2014
Source: Radio Dabanga [edited]
https://www.radiodabanga.org/node/74972


On Thursday [12 Jun 2014] a girl died of a hitherto unknown disease at El Salam camp for the displaced in Nyala locality, South Darfur.

Sheikh Mahjoub Adam Tabaldiya of El Salam camp told Radio Dabanga that [she] (12) [age in years?] died of an unidentified disease on Thursday [12 Jun 2014].

"More than 1000 camp residents have been infected within 4 days. The symptoms are high fever, diarrhea, vomiting, and coughing", the sheikh explained. "The 2 camp hospitals, which are serving 91 000 displaced, have been receiving 100 patients a day during the past few days."

Tabaldiya added that the health authorities have not identified the cause so far, and called on the authorities and humanitarian organisations to intervene "as soon as possible", contain the highly infectious disease, and provide treatment for the patients.

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[The description of the disease (high fever, diarrhea, vomiting, and coughing) affecting about 1000 people in a camp for displaced persons in Darfur region of Sudan is too non-specific to propose a differential diagnosis. ProMED-mail would appreciate more detailed information about the clinical manifestations, time course of the illness, age, and sex distribution, etc. from knowledgeable sources.

Sudan is a country in the Nile Valley of North Africa. It is divided into 18 states or wilayat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan). South Darfur, with an estimated population of approximately 2.89 million (2006), is one of the 5 states (Central, East, North, South, and West Darfur) that compose the Darfur region in western Sudan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Darfur).

El Salam is a camp for displaced persons near the city of Nyala. Nyala has a population of 565 734 (2007) and is capital of South Darfur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyala,_Sudan). For a map of Sudan showing the location of Nyala, see https://www.google.com/maps/@12.0521585,24.909482,6z. - Mod.ML]

[This is now the 3rd report of an undiagnosed outbreak in Sudan in the past two days (see Undiagnosed hemorrhagic fever - Sudan: (RS) RFI 20140617.2544937 and Undiagnosed illness - Sudan (RS): RFI 20140617.2544550). The other 2 reports deal with outbreaks in the Red Sea state, whereas this outbreak seems to be affecting residents in a displaced persons camp in South Darfur. - Mod.MPP