Timeliness of yellow fever surveillance, Central African Republic

Timeliness of yellow fever surveillance, Central African Republic

During January 2007-July 2012, a total of 3,220 suspected yellow fever cases were reported in the Central African Republic; 55 were confirmed and 11 case-patients died. Mean delay between onset of jaundice and case confirmation was 16.6 days. Delay between disease onset and blood collection could be...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2014-06, Vol.20 (6), p.1004-1008
Hauptverfasser: Rachas, Antoine, Nakouné, Emmanuel, Bouscaillou, Julie, Paireau, Juliette, Selekon, Benjamin, Senekian, Dominique, Fontanet, Arnaud, Kazanji, Mirdad
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Adult
Care and treatment
Central African Republic
Central African Republic - epidemiology
Child
Control
Delayed Diagnosis
Diagnosis
Diseases
Dispatch
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Epidemics
Epidemiological Monitoring
epidemiology
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
public health
Relapse
Retrospective Studies
Risk factors
RNA, Viral - blood
Sentinel health events
surveillance
Survival Analysis
Vaccination
viruses
Yellow fever
Yellow Fever - diagnosis
Yellow Fever - epidemiology
Yellow Fever - mortality
Yellow Fever - physiopathology
Yellow fever virus - isolation & purification
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Zusammenfassung:During January 2007-July 2012, a total of 3,220 suspected yellow fever cases were reported in the Central African Republic; 55 were confirmed and 11 case-patients died. Mean delay between onset of jaundice and case confirmation was 16.6 days. Delay between disease onset and blood collection could be reduced by increasing awareness of the population.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2006.130671