Dengue fever in Sudan: cases continue to rise

ABSTRACT

Dengue fever [DF] cases continues to rise in Red Sea state of Sudan. Since the beginning of this year until 12 March 2010, a total of 975 suspected cases of Dengue fever including 5 deaths [CFR - 0.5%] were reported from the Red Sea state of Sudan. Many of these DF cases have been laboratory confirmed [68 out of 135 blood samples collected]. About one-quarter of these DF cases presented with one or more haemorrhagic manifestations