Complete genome sequencing and genetic characterization of alkhumra hemorrhagic fever virus isolated from Najran, Saudi Arabia

Intervirology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 300-310

  Madani, Tariq A ^a   Azhar, Esam I ^b   Abuelzein, El Tayeb M E ^a,b   Kao, Moujahed ^b   Al Bar, Hussein M S ^a   Farraj, Suha A ^b   Masri, Badr E ^b   Al Kaiedi, Noora A ^b   Shakil, Shazi ^b   Sohrab, Sayed S ^b   Santalucia, John ^c   Ksiazek, Thomas G ^d  

^a King Abdulaziz University   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkhumra hemorrhagic fever virus; Flavivirus; Genome sequence; Hemorrhagic fever; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CORE PROTEIN; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2A; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2B; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4A; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ALKHUMRA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ALKHUMRA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENGUE VIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; KYASANUR FOREST DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMSK HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNTRANSLATED REGION; VIRUS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVELOPE GENE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LANGAT VIRUS; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; VIROLOGY;

DENGUE VIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS; KYASANUR FOREST DISEASE VIRUS; LANGAT VIRUS; OMSK HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYPROTEINS; RNA, VIRAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 84906003438     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: 14230100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000362334     Document Type: Article

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