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Volume 26, Number 12—December 2020
Dispatch

Unique Outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in Sudan, 2019

Ayman AhmedComments to Author , Yousif Ali, Adel Elduma, Mawahib Hassan Eldigail, Rehab Abdallah Mhmoud, Nouh Saad Mohamed, Thomas G. Ksiazek, Isabelle Dietrich, and Scott C. Weaver
Author affiliations: University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan (A. Ahmed); University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA (A. Ahmed, T.G. Ksiazek, S.C. Weaver); World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses, Galveston (A. Ahmed, S.C. Weaver); Sudan Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum (Y. Ali, A. Elduma, M.H. Eldigail); River Nile State Ministry of Health, Eldamar, Sudan (R.A. Mhmoud); Nile University, Khartoum (N.S. Mohamed); The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, UK (I. Dietrich)

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Table

Characteristics of case-patients during Rift Valley fever outbreak in Sudan, 2019

Characteristic No. cases % Of total
Sex
F 505 45
M
 624
 55
Locality
Eldamar 1,120 99.2
Barbar 7 0.6
Atbara
 2
 0.2
Age group, y
<5 69 6.1
5–14 229 20.3
15–24 233 20.7
25–44 391 34.6
>44
 207
 183
Signs/symptoms
Fever 1129 100
Headache 892 79
Bleeding
 45
 4
Reported disease/abortion among domestic animals
Yes 1104 98
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