Alkhumra virus infection, a new viral hemorrhagic fever in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-97

  Madani, Tariq A ^a,b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Alkhumra; Hemorrhagic fever; Kyasanur forest disease; Saudi Arabia; Zoonotic infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKHUMRA VIRUS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS, VIRAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 22144489473     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.11.012     Document Type: Article

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