Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus is an emerging tick-borne flavivirus

Journal of Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 463-464

  Charrel, R N ^a   Zaki, A M ^b   Fagbo, S ^c   de Lamballerie, X ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Dr Suliman Fakeeh Hospital Jeddah   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ALKHURMA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SERODIAGNOSIS; TAXONOMY; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; TICK BORNE FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS, VIRAL; HUMANS; SAUDI ARABIA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 33744810370     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.08.011     Document Type: Letter

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