Burkina Faso
| Confirmed cases of Yellow fever |
| On the 3rd November 2008 The WHO reported that on 3 October, The Ministry of Health, Burkina Faso reported two laboratory confirmed cases of Yellow fever in the health district of Ouahigouya, in the North of the country, near the border with Mali. Both cases were reported by the Yellow fever surveillance system and presented with symptoms of fever and jaundice.
The initial case was a 7-month old male child who recovered from the disease. The second case was a 6-year old male child who died 2 days later. Both cases were not vaccinated against Yellow fever and were first confirmed at the National Laboratory of Muraz Center and reconfirmed at the WHO regional laboratory for Yellow fever at the Institut Pasteur of Dakar, Senegal.
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