TY - JOUR
T1 - Elevated human crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus seroprevalence in Khashm el Girba, Eastern Sudan
AU - Rahden, Paul
AU - Adam, Awadalkareem
AU - Mika, Angela
AU - Jassoy, Christian
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgment: We thank K. Bräutigam for technical assistance, A. Salama and B. Awad for assistance in obtaining sera, and Osama M. E. Seidahmed for helping in organizing the collection of the samples. A. M. received funding from the European Regional Development Fund (EFRE [Europäischer Fonds für Regionale Entwicklung], project no. BWF/H/52228/2012/ 13.10.10-1/3.4,6; http://www.hamburg.de/efre/).
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne disease that can evolve into deadly hemorrhagic fever and that is endemic in many parts of Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa. Because of several reports about CCHF outbreaks in the south of Sudan during the last years, we examined in this study if unrecognized CCHF-V infections also occurred in the eastern and central parts of the country. The study examined the seroprevalence of CCHF virus infection in 464 sera from three regions of Sudan without previous reports of CCHF infection. The total CCHF virus seroprevalence was 2.6% (12 sera). The percentage was significantly elevated (7.5%) in sera from Khashm el Girba in eastern Sudan. The population in this area should be educated about the risk of disease transmission and how to avoid the infection.Health-care providers should be informed about the disease to identify possible cases and to prevent nosocomial transmission.
AB - Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne disease that can evolve into deadly hemorrhagic fever and that is endemic in many parts of Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa. Because of several reports about CCHF outbreaks in the south of Sudan during the last years, we examined in this study if unrecognized CCHF-V infections also occurred in the eastern and central parts of the country. The study examined the seroprevalence of CCHF virus infection in 464 sera from three regions of Sudan without previous reports of CCHF infection. The total CCHF virus seroprevalence was 2.6% (12 sera). The percentage was significantly elevated (7.5%) in sera from Khashm el Girba in eastern Sudan. The population in this area should be educated about the risk of disease transmission and how to avoid the infection.Health-care providers should be informed about the disease to identify possible cases and to prevent nosocomial transmission.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0977
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0977
M3 - Article
C2 - 30994100
AN - SCOPUS:85067374551
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 100
SP - 1549
EP - 1551
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 6
ER -