Publications
| cross-sectional community-based study of the socio-demographic factors associated with the prevalence of dengue in the eastern part of sudan in 2011. | dengue is caused by an arthropod-borne flavivirus. infection can be either primary or secondary based on serology, with each stage of the disease characterized by specific serological conversion and antibody formation. further study is needed to fully identify the factors associated with and predisposing to dengue infection. the objective of this study was to identify socio-demographic factors associated with the prevalence of dengue serotypes in kassala state in the eastern part of sudan in 201 ... | 2015 | 26084275 |
| serological and virological characterization of clinically diagnosed cases of measles in suburban khartoum. | measles continues to be a major childhood disease in terms of global morbidity and mortality. in the main areas of its endemicity the only available means of diagnosis are based on clinical criteria: the presence of a maculopapular rash and fever accompanied by cough, coryza, and/or conjunctivitis. we have studied 38 clinically diagnosed cases of measles in khartoum, sudan, by means of serology, reverse transcriptase pcr (rt-pcr) on throat swabs and virus isolation from lymphocytes. on the basis ... | 2000 | 10698984 |