| 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 |
| outbreak of west nile virus causing severe neurological involvement in children, nuba mountains, sudan, 2002. | an atypical outbreak of west nile virus (wnv) occurred in ngorban county, south kordophan, sudan, from may to august 2002. we investigated the epidemic and conducted a case-control study in the village of limon. blood samples were obtained for cases and controls. patients with obvious sequelae underwent cerebrospinal fluid (csf) sampling as well. we used enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) and neutralization tests for laboratory diagnosis and identified 31 cases with encephalitis, four of ... | 2004 | 15189465 |
| 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 |
| a serological survey on arbovirus antibodies in the sudan. | | 1973 | 4784057 |