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. 2011 Dec;17(12):2316-8.
doi: 10.3201/eid1712.110658.

Seroprevalence of Alkhurma and other hemorrhagic fever viruses, Saudi Arabia

Ziad A Memish  1 , Ali Albarrak, Mohammad A Almazroa, Ibrahim Al-Omar, Rafat Alhakeem, Abdullah Assiri, Shamsudeen Fagbo, Adam MacNeil, Pierre E Rollin, Nageeb Abdullah, Gwen Stephens
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Seroprevalence of Alkhurma and other hemorrhagic fever viruses, Saudi Arabia

Ziad A Memish et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Dec.

Abstract

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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Numbers of soldiers with seropositive test results distributed according to Saudi Arabian province before transfer to Jazan, 2009. Blue (n = 13), seropositive for Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus; red (n = 20), seropositive for Rift Valley fever virus. Map courtesy of Al Zahrani.
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