Is the epidemiology of alkhurma hemorrhagic fever changing?: A three-year overview in Saudi Arabia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Memish, Ziad A ^a,b   Fagbo, Shamsudeen F ^a   Ali, Ahmed Osman ^a   AlHakeem, Rafat ^a   Elnagi, Fathelrhman M ^a   Bamgboye, Elijah A ^a,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALKHURMA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895543023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085564     Document Type: Article

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