Alkhurma virus, subtype of kyasanur forest disease virus, was described for the first time in 1995 in Saudi Arabia -Response to Dr. Madani's letter

Intervirology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 261-262

  Alzahrani, Abdullah G ^a   Al Shaiban, Hassan M ^a   Al Mazroa, Mohammad A ^a   Al Hayani, Osama ^a   MacNeil, Adam ^b   Rollin, Pierre E ^b   Memish, Ziad A ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKHURMA VIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; FLAVIVIRUS; HYALOMMA DROMEDARII; KYASANUR FOREST DISEASE VIRUS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; ORNITHODOROS SAVIGNYI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; TAXONOMY; TICK; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ALKHURMA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; KYASANUR FOREST DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 84861193640     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: 14230100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337239     Document Type: Letter

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