Yellow Fever Outbreak in Sudan
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- 21 February 2013
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 368 (8) , 689-691
Abstract
On November 16, 2012, the Weekly Epidemiological Record of the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that an outbreak of yellow fever was under way in Sudan. By the end of November, the disease had been detected in 26 localities in Sudan's Darfur region, with 459 suspected cases and 116 related deaths.1 As of January 16, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that 849 cases and 171 deaths had been reported.2Keywords
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