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Alkhurma Hemorrhagic Fever in Humans, Najran, Saudi Arabia

Alkhurma virus is a flavivirus, discovered in 1994 in a person who died of hemorrhagic fever after slaughtering a sheep from the city of Alkhurma, Saudi Arabia. Since then, several cases of Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever (ALKHF), with fatality rates up to 25%, have been documented. From January 1, 2006,...

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Main Authors: Alzahrani, Abdullah G., Al Shaiban, Hassan M., Al Mazroa, Mohammad A., Al-Hayani, Osama, MacNeil, Adam, Rollin, Pierre E., Memish, Ziad A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294564/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21122217
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1612.100417
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