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Unique Outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in Sudan, 2019

Journal

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 26, Issue 12, Pages 3030-3033

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CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
DOI: 10.3201/eid2612.201599

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  1. World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses, NIH [R24 AI120942]

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We report a unique outbreak of Rift Valley fever in the Eldamar area, Sudan, May-July 2019, that resulted in 1,129 case-patients and 19 (1.7%) deaths. Patients exhibited clinical signs including fever (100%), headache (79%), and bleeding (4%). Most (98%) patients also reported death and abortions among their livestock.

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