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:10.3201/eid1605.091815

Nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Sudan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 May;16(5):837-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1605.091815.

Authors

Imadeldin E Aradaib¹, Bobbie R Erickson, Mubarak E Mustafa, Marina L Khristova, Nageeb S Saeed, Rehab M Elageb, Stuart T Nichol

Affiliation

¹ The National Ribat University, Khartoum, Sudan (I.E. Aradaib); University of Khartoum, Khartoum.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Cross Infection / transmission
Cross Infection / virology
Disease Outbreaks*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / genetics
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / isolation & purification*
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / epidemiology*
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / transmission*
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / virology
Hospitals, Rural
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Phylogeny
RNA, Viral / analysis
RNA, Viral / genetics
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sequence Analysis, RNA
Sudan / epidemiology

Substances

RNA, Viral