Yellow Fever Outbreak, Southern Sudan, 2003

Onyango, Clayton O.; Grobbelaar, Antoinette A.; Gibson, Georgina V.F.; Sang, Rosemary C.; Sow, Abdourahmane; Swanepoel, Robert; Burt, Felicity J.

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Yellow Fever Outbreak, Southern Sudan, 2003

Published Date:

Sep 2004

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Emerg Infect Dis. 10(9):1668-1670.

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Onyango, Clayton O. ; Grobbelaar, Antoinette A. ; Gibson, Georgina V.F. ; Sang, Rosemary C. ; Sow, Abdourahmane ; ... More ▼

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In May 2003, an outbreak of fatal hemorrhagic fever, caused by yellow fever virus, occurred in southern Sudan. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the virus belonged to the East African genotype, which supports the contention that yellow fever is endemic in East Africa with the potential to cause large outbreaks in humans.

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