serological evidence of dengue fever among refugees, hargeysa, somalia. | epidemics of a malaria-like illness affected several thousand residents of the dam camp, a refugee camp near hargeysa in somalia, during 1985, 1986, and 1987. the disease was characterized by fever, chills, sweats, headache, back and joint pains for as long as 10 days in some patients. blood smears from acutely ill patients were negative for malaria. of 28 acute and 10 convalescent sera tested by the indirect fluorescent antibody (ifa) and by the hemagglutination inhibition (hi) tests, all were ... | 1989 | 2600591 |