Publications

evaluation of arthropod-borne viruses and other infectious disease pathogens as the causes of febrile illnesses in the khartoum province of sudan.	the relative importance of arthropod-borne and other disease pathogens as the cause of an outbreak of febrile illnesses was assessed during august 1988, following severe flooding in khartoum, sudan. a total of 200 patients with acute febrile illness and 100 afebrile controls were enrolled in the study during october and november 1988; at the omdurman military hospital, khartoum, sudan. sera were tested for igm and igg antibodies to six arthropod-borne viruses by an enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent ...	1996	8835346
household-based sero-epidemiologic survey after a yellow fever epidemic, sudan, 2005.	from september through early december 2005, an outbreak of yellow fever (yf) occurred in south kordofan, sudan, resulting in a mass yf vaccination campaign. in late december 2005, we conducted a serosurvey to assess yf vaccine coverage and to better define the epidemiology of the outbreak in an index village. of 552 persons enrolled, 95% reported recent yf vaccination, and 25% reported febrile illness during the outbreak period: 13% reported yf-like illness, 4% reported severe yf-like illness, a ...	2010	20519615