Isolation of a flavivirus related to the tick-borne encephalitis complex from human cases in Saudi Arabia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-181

  Zaki, Ali Mohamed ^a  

^a Dr Suliman Fakeeh Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Flavivirus; Saudi Arabia; Tick borne encephalitis complex

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MELENA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RASH; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROCONVERSION; SHEEP; SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE FLAVIVIRUS; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VIRUS ISOLATION; VOMITING; ZOONOSIS;

ACARI; FLAVIVIRUS; OVIS ARIES; TICK-BORNE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0030960839     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90215-7     Document Type: Article

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