Low diversity of Alkhurma homorrhagic fever virus. Saudi Arabia, 1994-1999

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 683-688

  Charrel, Rémi H ^a,c   Zaki, Ali Mohamed ^b   Fakeeh, Mazen ^b   Yousef, Amany Ibrahim ^b   De Chesse, Reine ^a   Attoui, Houssam ^a   De Lamballerie, Xavier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Dr Suliman Fakeeh Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Hospital Diagnostic Laboratory   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKHURMA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROLOGY; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

EID: 17844392602     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1105.041298     Document Type: Article

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