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Volume 28, Number 11—November 2022
Dispatch

Rift Valley Fever Outbreak during COVID-19 Surge, Uganda, 2021

Caitlin M. CossaboomComments to Author , Luke Nyakarahuka, Sophia Mulei, Jackson Kyondo, Alex Tumusiime, Jimmy Baluku, Gloria Grace Akurut, Dianah Namanya, Kilama Kamugisha, Hildah Tendo Nansikombi, Alex Nyabakira, Semei Mutesasira, Shannon Whitmer, Carson Telford, Julius Lutwama, Stephen Balinandi, Joel Montgomery, John D. Klena, and Trevor Shoemaker
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (C.M. Cossaboom, S. Whitmer, J. Montgomery, J.D. Klena, T. Shoemaker); Makerere University Department of Biosecurity, Ecosystems and Veterinary Public Health, Kampala, Uganda (L. Nyakarahuka); Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda (L. Nyakarahuka, S. Mulei, J. Kyondo, A. Tumusiime, J. Baluku, J. Lutwama, S. Balinandi); Uganda Wildlife Authority, Kampala (G.G. Akurut, D. Namanya, K. Kamugisha); Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala (H.T. Nansikombi, A. Nyabakira); Case Hospital, Kampala (S. Mutesasira)

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Table

Selected results of hemogram and blood chemistry tests for specimen collected from case-patient 1 a day before she died of Rift Valley fever, Uganda, 2021

Selected tests Absolute value Reference range
Platelets, 103/μL 60.00 138–475
Hemoglobin, g/dL 6.7 >12
Albumin, g/L 27.5 37–52
Total protein, g/L 50.7 68–90
Total bilirubin, μmol/L 109.32 5.13–32.49
Direct bilirubin, μmol/L 68.71 0.00–6.84
Alkaline phosphatase, U/L 313 47–160
Gamma-glutamyl transferase, U/L 173 8.0–41.3
Aspartate transferase, U/L >913 11.4–28.8
Prothrombin time, s 15.8 10–13
Internal normalized ratio 1.1 <1.1
Creatinine, μmol/L 1098.33 44.2–79.6
Urea, μmol/L >44.60 2.7–7.1
Sodium, mmol/L 112 135–146
Potassium, mmol/L 8.4 3.5–5.5
Calcium, mmol/L 1.24 2.20–2.65

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