Seroprevalence of Alkhurma and Other Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses, Saudi Arabia

A 2009 deployment of military units from several Saudi Arabian provinces to Jazan Province, Saudi Arabia, enabled us to evaluate exposure to Alkhurma, Crimean-Congo, dengue, and Rift Valley hemorrhagic fever viruses. Seroprevalence to all viruses was low; however, Alkhurma virus seroprevalence was h...

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Autores principales: Memish, Ziad A., Albarrak, Ali, Almazroa, Mohammad A., Al-Omar, Ibrahim, Alhakeem, Rafat, Assiri, Abdullah, Fagbo, Shamsudeen, MacNeil, Adam, Rollin, Pierre E., Abdullah, Nageeb, Stephens, Gwen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3311215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22172587
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1712.110658
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Sumario:A 2009 deployment of military units from several Saudi Arabian provinces to Jazan Province, Saudi Arabia, enabled us to evaluate exposure to Alkhurma, Crimean-Congo, dengue, and Rift Valley hemorrhagic fever viruses. Seroprevalence to all viruses was low; however, Alkhurma virus seroprevalence was higher (1.3%) and less geographically restricted than previously thought.

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