Epidemic Rift Valley fever in Saudi Arabia: A clinical study of severe illness in humans

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-252

  Al Hazmi, Mohammed ^a   Ayoola, Ephraim Ayobanji ^a,b   Abdurahman, Mahmoud ^a   Banzal, Subodh ^a   Ashraf, Jammal ^a   El Bushra, Adil ^a   Hazmi, Ali ^a   Abdullah, Mohammed ^a   Abbo, Hamid ^a   Elamin, Abdulhadi ^a   Al Sammani, El Tayeb ^a   Gadour, Mohammed ^a   Menon, Chandra ^a   Hamza, Mirghani ^a   Rahim, Inam ^a   Hafez, Magdy ^a   Jambavalikar, Manish ^a   Arishi, Haider ^a   Aqeel, Ali ^a  

^a King Fahad Central Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROLOGY; SHOCK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETINITIS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SAUDI ARABIA; SHOCK;

EID: 0037311462     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345671     Document Type: Article

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