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Yellow Fever Outbreak, Imatong, Southern Sudan

Clayton O. Onyango*

, 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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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-PCR^a	Virus isolation mice/cells	Blood smear MPS^b
001^c	Lofi	Male	48	8	–	+	+/+	nd
002^d	Locomo	Male	60	4	–	–	nd^e/–	–
003^d	Tarafafa	Female	unknown	1	–	+	+/+	+
004^d	Itohom	Female	12	Unknown	+	–	nd/–	+
005^d	Tarafafa	Female	16	6	+	–	nd/–	+
006^d	Locomo	Female	7	1	–	+	+/+	nd
007^d	unknown	Male	unknown	Unknown	+	–	nd/–	+
008^d	Lofi	Female	40	1	–	+	+/+	–
009^c	Imatong	Female	35	Unknown	–	–	nd/–	nd
010^d	Locomo	Female	15	Unknown	+	–	nd/–	+
011^d	Locomo	Male	45	Unknown	+	–	nd/–	+
012^d	Lofulang	Male	25	7	+	–	nd/–	nd
013^d	Locomo	Female	8	1	–	+	+/+	nd
014^d	Locomo	Male	60	Unknown	+	–	nd/–	–
015^d	Ogolok	Male	42	Unknown	–	–	nd/–	–
016^d	Locomo	Male	55	7	+	–	nd/–	–
017^d	Tarafafa	Female	9	3	–	–	nd/–	–
018^d	Lotodo	Female	3	Unknown	–	–	nd/–	–
019⁵	Imatong	Male	14	Unknown	–	–	nd/–	nd
020⁵	Imatong	Female	30	20	–	–	nd/–	+
021⁶	Lofi	Female	10	Unknown	+	–	nd/–	–
022^f	Locomo	Male	25	Unknown	+	–	nd/–	nd
023^f	Tarafafa	Male	60	Unknown	+	–	nd/–	nd
024^d	unknown	Male	23	Unknown	–	–	nd/–	–
025^f	Locomo	Female	40	Unknown	+	–	nd/–	nd
026^d	Lofong	Female	16	Unknown	–	–	nd/–	–
027^d	Locomo	Female	4	Unknown	+	–	nd/–	nd
028^f	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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