Low Diversity of Alkhurma Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Saudi Arabia, 1994–1999

Low Diversity of Alkhurma Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Saudi Arabia, 1994–1999

Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus (genus Flavivirus, AHFV) was recently identified as the agent of a viral hemorrhagic fever in Saudi Arabia and characterized serologically and genetically as a variant genotype of Kyasanur Forest disease virus (KFDV). Since viral diagnosis and vaccine development may...

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Main Authors: Rémi N. Charrel, Ali Mohamed Zaki, Mazen Fakeeh, Amany Ibrahim Yousef, Reine de Chesse, Houssam Attoui, Xavier de Lamballerie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
molecular epidemiology
flavivirus
viral hemorrhagic fever
Saudi Arabia
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/5/04-1298_article

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