| 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 |
| measles in suburban khartoum: an epidemiological and clinical study. | clinical and epidemiological data were collected from 187 clinically diagnosed measles patients in haj yousif area, suburban khartoum. laboratory tests confirmed the diagnosis in 141 (75%) of the cases, but demonstrated that in 46 (25%) patients the clinical symptoms were not caused by an acute measles virus (mv) infection. according to their vaccination card, 59% of the laboratory-confirmed measles cases had been vaccinated for measles. compared with non-measles rash disease cases, confirmed me ... | 2002 | 12000654 |
| dengue hemorrhagic fever outbreak in children in port sudan. | dengue fever (df)/dengue hemorrhagic fever (dhf) has emerged as a global public health problem with countries in asia and the pacific sharing more than 70% of the disease burden. in 2004-2005 a total of 312 cases admitted to pediatric and sea port hospitals in port sudan were clinically diagnosed as dhf. the mortality rate recorded was 3.8% (n=12). of the cases 73.4% were patients 5-15 years of age. a total of 91.2% of cases were admitted during may and june 2005 with 49.4% residing in the easte ... | 2011 | 21338953 |