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Seroprevalence of Alkhurma and other hemorrhagic fever viruses, Saudi Arabia
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Seroprevalence of Alkhurma and other hemorrhagic fever viruses, Saudi Arabia

Ziad A Memish, Ali Albarrak, Mohammad A Almazroa, Ibrahim Al-Omar, Rafat Alhakeem, Abdullah Assiri, Shamsudeen Fagbo, Adam MacNeil, Pierre E Rollin, Nageeb Abdullah, …
Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.17(12), pp.2316-2318
01/12/2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1712.110658
PMCID: PMC3311215
PMID: 22172587

Abstract

Antibodies, Viral - blood Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology Communicable Diseases, Emerging - immunology Communicable Diseases, Emerging - virology Dengue - epidemiology Dengue - immunology Dengue - virology Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne - immunology Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean - epidemiology Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean - immunology Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean - virology Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral - epidemiology Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral - immunology Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral - virology Humans Immunoglobulin G - blood Immunoglobulin M - blood Kyasanur Forest Disease - epidemiology Kyasanur Forest Disease - immunology Kyasanur Forest Disease - virology Male Military Personnel Rift Valley Fever - epidemiology Rift Valley Fever - immunology Rift Valley Fever - virology Saudi Arabia - epidemiology Seroepidemiologic Studies
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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