WHO : Yellow fever in Senegal

Via WHO :

" 5 October 2010 : On 20 September 2010, the Ministry of Health in Senegal reported a suspected case of yellow fever in Mbour health district in Thies region which is approximately 50 kilometres from Dakar, where the suspected case was hospitalized.

The case was identified as a 27 year-old fisherman working in the Gambia (Tandji locality) who presented with clinical symptoms of fever and jaundice. Blood specimens from the patient were laboratory tested at the Institut Pasteur de Dakar and found to be IgM positive by ELISA and confirmed with PRNT, a more specific test. The patient had no history of yellow fever vaccination.

A second suspected case reported in Thies region, Senegal was also a fisherman from Tanji locality in the Gambia, showing neurologic symptoms including an altered mental state. This particular case was found not to be confirmed by the Institut Pasteur de Dakar.
Through WHO, the Gambia has been informed of the situation in order to assess the epidemiological situation in Tandji locality. "