Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2010)

Nosocomial Outbreak of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Sudan

  • Imadeldin E. Aradaib,
  • Bobbie R. Erickson,
  • Mubarak E. Mustafa,
  • Marina L. Khristova,
  • Nageeb S. Saeed,
  • Rehab M. Elageb,
  • Stuart T. Nichol

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1605.091815
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 5
pp. 837 – 839

Abstract

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To confirm the presence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Sudan, we tested serum of 8 patients with hemorrhagic fever in a rural hospital in 2008. Reverse transcription–PCR identified Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus. Its identification as group III lineage indicated links to virus strains from South Africa, Mauritania, and Nigeria.

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