Detection of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever cases in a severe undifferentiated febrile illness outbreak in the Federal Republic of Sudan: A retrospective epidemiological and diagnostic cohort study.

• Main Authors: Hilary Bower (Author), Mubarak El Karsany (Author), Mazza Alzain (Author), Benedict Gannon (Author), Rehab Mohamed (Author), Iman Mahmoud (Author), Mawahib Eldegail (Author), Rihab Taha (Author), Abdalla Osman (Author), Salim Mohamednour (Author), Amanda Semper (Author), Barry Atkinson (Author), Daniel Carter (Author), Stuart Dowall (Author), Jenna Furneaux (Author), Victoria Graham (Author), Jack Mellors (Author), Jane Osborne (Author), Steven T Pullan (Author), Gillian S Slack (Author), Tim Brooks (Author), Roger Hewson (Author), Nicholas J Beeching (Author), Jimmy Whitworth (Author), Daniel G Bausch (Author), Tom E Fletcher (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Undifferentiated febrile illness (UFI) is one of the most common reasons for people seeking healthcare in low-income countries. While illness and death due to specific infections such as malaria are often well-quantified, others are frequently uncounted and their impac...