Alkhumra (Alkhurma) virus outbreak in Najran, Saudi Arabia: Epidemiological, clinical, and Laboratory characteristics

Journal of Infection

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-76

  Madani, Tariq A ^a   Azhar, Esam I ^b   Abuelzein, El Tayeb M E ^b   Kao, Mujahed ^b   Al Bar, Hussein M S ^a   Abu Araki, Huda ^b   Niedrig, Matthias ^c   Ksiazek, Thomas G ^d  

^a King Abdulaziz University   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d Galveston National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkhumra virus; Alkhurma virus; Hemorrhagic fever virus; Jeddah; Najran; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CREATINE KINASE; INFUSION FLUID; INOTROPIC AGENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALKHUMRA VIRUS; ALKHUMRA VIRUS INFECTION; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLEEDING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOPENIA; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MOSQUITO; MYALGIA; MYCOSIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; SAUDI ARABIA; SUMMER; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS, VIRAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751617380     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.09.032     Document Type: Article

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