[HTML][HTML] Uncovering the burden of dengue in Africa: considerations on magnitude, misdiagnosis, and ancestry

EM Gainor, E Harris, AD LaBeaud - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Dengue is a re-emerging neglected disease of major public health importance. This review
highlights important considerations for dengue disease in Africa, including epidemiology …

[HTML][HTML] Dengue virus infection and associated risk factors in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

GO Mwanyika, LEG Mboera, S Rugarabamu, B Ngingo… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dengue contributes a significant burden on global public health and economies. In Africa,
the burden of dengue virus (DENV) infection is not well described. This review was …

[HTML][HTML] Unique outbreak of Rift Valley fever in Sudan, 2019

A Ahmed, Y Ali, A Elduma, MH Eldigail… - Emerging infectious …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Electrospun nanofiber-based viroblock/ZnO/PAN hybrid antiviral nanocomposite for personal protective applications

A Salam, T Hassan, T Jabri, S Riaz, A Khan, KM Iqbal… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Designing novel antiviral personal protective equipment (PPE) is crucial for preventing viral
infections such as COVID-19 in humans. Here, we fabricate an electrospun nanofiber-based …

[HTML][HTML] The First Molecular Detection of Aedes albopictus in Sudan Associates with Increased Outbreaks of Chikungunya and Dengue

A Ahmed, M Abubakr, H Sami, I Mahdi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
As part of our surveys of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in four Sudanese
states, including North and South Kordofan, Sennar, and White Nile, we collected 166 …

[HTML][HTML] The emergence of Rift Valley Fever in gedaref state urges the need for a cross-border one health strategy and enforcement of the international health …

A Ahmed, I Mahmoud, M Eldigail, RM Elhassan… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study investigated the causative agent of a haemorrhagic fever epidemic in Gedaref
state, south-east Sudan. Six cases of febrile illness with haemorrhagic manifestations …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemics of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Sudan between 2010 and 2020

A Ahmed, Y Ali, B Salim, I Dietrich, J Zinsstag - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a zoonotic arboviral disease that poses a
great threat to global health in the Old World, and it is endemic in Europe, Asia, and Africa …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of applications of machine learning and other soft computing techniques for the diagnosis of tropical diseases

K Attai, Y Amannejad, M Vahdat Pour, O Obot… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
This systematic literature aims to identify soft computing techniques currently utilized in
diagnosing tropical febrile diseases and explore the data characteristics and features used …

[HTML][HTML] First report of epidemic dengue fever and malaria co-infections among internally displaced persons in humanitarian camps of North Darfur, Sudan

A Ahmed, M Eldigail, A Elduma, T Breima… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate an outbreak of a non-malaria
undifferentiated febrile illness among internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in …

[HTML][HTML] Rift Valley fever and malaria co‐infection: a case report

Y Ali, EE Siddig, N Mohamed, A Ahmed - Clinical Case Reports, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Here we report a case of febrile illness that confirmed to be a co‐infection of malaria and Rift
Valley fever. The patient was initially diagnosed with malaria and started on treatment …