Alkhurma viral hemorrhagic fever virus: Proposed guidelines for detection, prevention, and control in saudi arabia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Memish, Ziad A ^a,f   Fagbo, Shamsudeen F ^a   Assiri, Abdullah M ^a   Rollin, Pierre ^b   Zaki, Ali M ^c   Charrel, Remi ^d   Mores, Chris ^e   MacNeil, Adam ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

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

^c DR SOLIMAN FAKEEH HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Aix Marseille University IRD 190 Inserm 1207   (France)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ALKHURMA VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYALOMMA; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; INFECTION CONTROL; KYASANUR FOREST VIRUS; LEUKOPENIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORNITHODOROS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK; TICK BORNE FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS, VIRAL; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84864612096     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001604     Document Type: Article

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