Unique Outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in Sudan, 2019

Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Dec;26(12):3030-3033. doi: 10.3201/eid2612.201599.

Abstract

We report a unique outbreak of Rift Valley fever in the Eldamar area, Sudan, May-July 2019, that resulted in 1,129 case-patients and 19 (1.7%) deaths. Patients exhibited clinical signs including fever (100%), headache (79%), and bleeding (4%). Most (98%) patients also reported death and abortions among their livestock.

Keywords: One Health; RVF; Rift Valley fever; Sudan; arboviral diseases; arboviruses; epidemic; epizootic; mosquito-borne diseases; outbreak; vectorborne diseases; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Abortion, Spontaneous*
  • Animals
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Livestock
  • Pregnancy
  • Rift Valley Fever* / diagnosis
  • Rift Valley Fever* / epidemiology
  • Rift Valley fever virus* / genetics
  • Sudan / epidemiology