Outbreak of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by dengue virus type 3 in Al-Mukalla, Yemen

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Madani, Tariq A ^a   Abuelzein, El Tayeb M E ^a   Al Bar, Hussein M S ^a   Azhar, Esam I ^a   Kao, Moujahed ^a   Alshoeb, Haj O ^b   Bamoosa, Alabd R ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Ministry of Health   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Al Mukalla; Dengue virus type 3; Outbreak; Viral hemorrhagic fever; Yemen

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALKHUMRA VIRUS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BACKACHE; BONE PAIN; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE VIRUS 3; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYALGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS EXAMINATION; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEVERE DENGUE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; YEMEN; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84874936559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-136     Document Type: Article

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