Alkhurma haemorrhagic fever-a viral haemorrhagic disease unique to the Arabian Peninsula

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Memish, Ziad A ^a   Charrel, Remi N ^b   Zaki, Ali M ^c   Fagbo, Shamsudeen F ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c DR SOLIMAN FAKEEH HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Alkhurma haemorrhagic fever virus; Emerging infectious disease; Flavivirus; Saudi Arabia; Tick borne diseases; Viral haemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ALKHURMA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ALKHURMA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLAVIVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROLOGY; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ARABIA; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARBOVIRUSES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS, VIRAL; HUMANS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77957941971     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.06.022     Document Type: Article

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