Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus in Ornithodoros savignyi ticks

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 153-155

  Charrel, Rémi N ^a   Fagbo, Shamsudeen ^b   Moureau, Gregory ^a   Alqahtani, Mohammad Hussain ^b   Temmam, Sarah ^a   De Lamballerie, Xavier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMEL; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; TICK;

EID: 33846102117     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1301.061094     Document Type: Article

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