title: Timeliness of yellow fever surveillance, Central African Republic.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rachas
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nakouné
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bouscaillou
authors.forename: Juliette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paireau
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Selekon
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Senekian
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fontanet
authors.forename: Mirdad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kazanji
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002488:Central African Republic / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015004:Yellow Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D015005:Yellow fever virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral
keywords: Central African Republic; epidemiology; public health; surveillance; timeliness; viruses; yellow fever