We report an outbreak of dengue in Darfur, western Sudan, during September 2014-April 2015. Dengue virus-specific PCR testing of 50 samples from nonmalaria febrile illness case-patients confirmed 35 dengue cases. We detected 7 cases of dengue shock syndrome and 24 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever.
Keywords: Darfur; Sudan; arbovirus; dengue; dengue hemorrhagic fever; dengue shock syndrome; dengue virus; emergence; epidemic; outbreak; serotypes; viruses; zoonoses.