Low Seroprevalence Indicates Vulnerability of Eastern and Central Sudan to Infection with Chikungunya Virus.

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Outbreaks of infections with chikungunya virus (CHIKV) have previously been reported from Sudan but the prevalence in the general population is unknown. We investigated the seroprevalence of CHIKV infection in 379 serum samples from patients with fever in the outpatient clinics of three hospitals in eastern and central Sudan. The seroprevalence was 1.8%, indicating that CHIKV infections are rare in these parts of Sudan. As the vector Aedes aegypti is endemic in this area, the population is at risk for a CHIKV epidemic.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis.

Title: Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.)

Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert Inc

ISSN (Electronic): 1557-7759

ISSN (Print): 1530-3667

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 2016

Volume: 16

Issue: 4

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[1 ] 1 Institute of Virology, University Clinics and Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig , Leipzig, Germany .

[2 ] 2 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, International University of Africa , Khartoum, Sudan .

[3 ] 3 Department of Medical Entomology, National Health Laboratory , Khartoum, Sudan .

[4 ] 4 Department of Virology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut , Langen, Germany .

[5 ] 5 Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemorrhagic Fever Reference and WHO Collaborating Research Centre , Hamburg, Germany .

[6 ] 6 Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut , Insel Riems, Germany .

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DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2015.1897

PubMed ID: 26974266

SO-VID: 62f6093b-b0c2-4c4f-bb14-5bed3fec75bb

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Keywords: Chikungunya,Epidemiology

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Keywords: Chikungunya, Epidemiology

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