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Volume 10, Number 6—June 2004
Research

Yellow Fever Outbreak, Imatong, Southern Sudan

Clayton O. Onyango*Comments to Author , Victor O. Ofula*, Rosemary C. Sang*, Samson L. Konongoi*, Abdourahmane Sow†, Kevin M. De Cock‡, Peter M. Tukei§, Fredrick A. Okoth§, Robert Swanepoel¶, Felicity J. Burt¶, Norman C. Waters#, and Rodney L. Coldren#
Author affiliations: *World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Arbovirus and Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Nairobi, Kenya; †WHO South Sudan, Warwick Center, Nairobi, Kenya; ‡Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; §Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya; ¶National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa; #U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

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Table

History, location and results obtained from patients during yellow fever outbreak, Imatong, southern Sudan, May 2003

Case no Village Sex Age (y) Days after onset Flavivirus IgM RT-PCRa Virus isolation mice/cells Blood smear MPSb
001c
Lofi
Male
48
8

+
+/+
nd
002d
Locomo
Male
60
4


nde/–

003d
Tarafafa
Female
unknown
1

+
+/+
+
004d
Itohom
Female
12
Unknown
+

nd/–
+
005d
Tarafafa
Female
16
6
+

nd/–
+
006d
Locomo
Female
7
1

+
+/+
nd
007d
unknown
Male
unknown
Unknown
+

nd/–
+
008d
Lofi
Female
40
1

+
+/+

009c
Imatong
Female
35
Unknown


nd/–
nd
010d
Locomo
Female
15
Unknown
+

nd/–
+
011d
Locomo
Male
45
Unknown
+

nd/–
+
012d
Lofulang
Male
25
7
+

nd/–
nd
013d
Locomo
Female
8
1

+
+/+
nd
014d
Locomo
Male
60
Unknown
+

nd/–

015d
Ogolok
Male
42
Unknown


nd/–

016d
Locomo
Male
55
7
+

nd/–

017d
Tarafafa
Female
9
3


nd/–

018d
Lotodo
Female
3
Unknown


nd/–

0195
Imatong
Male
14
Unknown


nd/–
nd
0205
Imatong
Female
30
20


nd/–
+
0216
Lofi
Female
10
Unknown
+

nd/–

022f
Locomo
Male
25
Unknown
+

nd/–
nd
023f
Tarafafa
Male
60
Unknown
+

nd/–
nd
024d
unknown
Male
23
Unknown


nd/–

025f
Locomo
Female
40
Unknown
+

nd/–
nd
026d
Lofong
Female
16
Unknown


nd/–

027d
Locomo
Female
4
Unknown
+

nd/–
nd
028f Itede Female 23 21 nd/– nd

aSpecimens were tested using primers reactive with genus Flavivirus and with a second set of primers specific to yellow fever virus. Nucleotide sequences were also determined.
bMalaria parasite smear.
cFatal case.
dNo outcome for cases due to inaccessibility.
eNot done.
fRecovered.

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