Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Port Sudan

Amal Malik; Kenneth Earhar; Emad Mohareb; Magdi Saad; Mubarak Saeed; Ali Ageep; Samuel Yingst; Marshall Monteville; Atef Soliman

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Sudan J Paed. 2009; 9(1): 60-65

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Port Sudan

Amal Malik, Kenneth Earhar, Emad Mohareb, Magdi Saad, Mubarak Saeed, Ali Ageep, Samuel Yingst, Marshall Monteville, Atef Soliman.

Abstract
Dengue fever (DF)/dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) has emerged as a global public health problem with countries in Asia and the Pacific sharing more than 70% of the disease burden. A total of 312 cases admitted to Pediatric and Sea Port Hospitals in Port Sudan were clinically diagnosed as DHF. The mortality rate recorded was 3.8% (n=l2). Of the cases 73.4% were patients 5- 15 years of age. A total of 91.2% of cases were admitted during May and June 2005 with 49.4% residing in the eastern region of Port Sudan. Dengue shock syndrome was observed in 37 of 312 (1 1.9%). All patients had
thrombocytopenia with platelets count ranged from <100, 000 to <150,000 cell/mm3, Of the 40 sera tested using RAPID-cassette test in the Khartoum
Central Public Health Lab, 36 (90%) were dengue IgM positive. A subset of these sern (n=23) were sent to NAMRU-3 and confinned by IgM-capture ELISA; 9 of 23 were PCR positive for dengue serotype 3.

Key words: Dengue, ELISA, hemorrhagic fever, Port Sudan, shock, Sudan

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Malik A, Earhar K, Mohareb E, Saad M, Saeed M, Ageep A, Yingst S, Monteville M, Soliman A. Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Port Sudan.

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Malik, A., Earhar, . K., Mohareb, . E., Saad, . M., Saeed, . M., Ageep, . A., Yingst, . S., Monteville, . M. & Soliman, . A. (2009) Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Port Sudan.

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Malik, Amal, Kenneth Earhar, Emad Mohareb, Magdi Saad, Mubarak Saeed, Ali Ageep, Samuel Yingst, Marshall Monteville, and Atef Soliman. 2009. Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Port Sudan.

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Malik, Amal, Kenneth Earhar, Emad Mohareb, Magdi Saad, Mubarak Saeed, Ali Ageep, Samuel Yingst, Marshall Monteville, and Atef Soliman. "Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Port Sudan."

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Malik, Amal, Kenneth Earhar, Emad Mohareb, Magdi Saad, Mubarak Saeed, Ali Ageep, Samuel Yingst, Marshall Monteville, and Atef Soliman. "Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Port Sudan."

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Malik, A., Earhar, . K., Mohareb, . E., Saad, . M., Saeed, . M., Ageep, . A., Yingst, . S., Monteville, . M. & Soliman, . A. (2009) Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Port Sudan.

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