New England Journal of Medicine
February 21, 2013 Vol. 368 No. 8
http://content.nejm.org/current.shtml
Perspective
Yellow Fever Outbreak in Sudan
L. Markoff
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On November 16, 2012, the Weekly Epidemiological Record of the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that an outbreak of yellow fever was under way in Sudan. By the end of November, the disease had been detected in 26 localities in Sudan’s Darfur region, with 459 suspected cases and 116 related deaths.1 As of January 16, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that 849 cases and 171 deaths had been reported.2.
Since most suspected cases have occurred in Central, South, and West Darfur, Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health (supported by international partners) began a mass vaccination campaign in that region on November 20 in 12 highly affected localities with a total population of 2.2 million. The CDC is advising visitors to Sudan to receive the yellow fever vaccine in advance of travel to the area and to take precautions to avoid contact with mosquitoes while there…
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