Alkhumra, not alkhurma, is the correct name of the new hemorrhagic fever flavivirus identified in Saudi Arabia

Intervirology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 259-260

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

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c King Abdulaziz University   (Saudi Arabia)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e Galveston National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKHUMRA VIRUS; ALKHUMRA VIRUS INFECTION; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 84861188653     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: 14230100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337238     Document Type: Letter

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