| alkhumra (alkhurma) virus outbreak in najran, saudi arabia: epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory characteristics. | after its first appearance in alkhumra district of jeddah in 1994-1995, and then in makkah in 2001-2003, the new hemorrhagic fever virus, known as alkhumra (misnamed as alkhurma) virus (alkv), has subsequently been reported from najran, in the south border of saudi arabia. | 2010 | 20920527 |
| 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, through april 1, 2009, active disease surveillance and serologic testing of household contacts identified alkhf in 28 persons in najran, saudi arabia. for epidemiologic comparison, serologic testing ... | 2010 | 21122217 |
| kyasanur forest disease virus alkhurma subtype in ticks, najran province, saudi arabia. | to the editor: the lineage of kyasanur forest disease virus (kfdv) found in the kingdom of saudi arabia is commonly referred to as alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus (ahfv). this virus was first isolated from a specimen collected in 1994 from a butcher living in makkah province, who was hospitalized for a hemorrhagic fever from which he died (1). the virus was assigned to the genus flavivirus on the basis of reactivity with genus-specific monoclonal antibodies and sequencing of a fragment of the n ... | 2011 | 21529425 |
| Successful propagation of Alkhumra (misnamed as Alkhurma) virus in C6/36 mosquito cells. | Epidemiological data suggest that Alkhumra (misnamed as Alkhurma) virus (ALKV) is transmitted from livestock animals to humans by direct contact with animals or by the mosquito bites, but not by ticks. To assess the ability of the virus to replicate in mosquito cells, serum and plasma of seven acutely febrile patients with clinically suspected ALKV infection reported in Najran, Saudi Arabia in 2009 were inoculated onto Aedes albopictus mosquito cells (C6/36) and directly examined with ALKV-RNA-s ... | 2011 | 22154975 |
| complete genome sequencing and genetic characterization of alkhumra hemorrhagic fever virus isolated from najran, saudi arabia. | alkhumra hemorrhagic fever virus (ahfv) is a newly described flavivirus first isolated in 1994-1995 from the alkhumra district south of jeddah, saudi arabia. subsequently, the virus was also isolated from makkah (2001-2003) and najran (2008-2009), saudi arabia. | 2014 | 25096447 |
| human alkhumra hemorrhagic fever: emergence, history and epidemiological and clinical profiles. | alkhumra hemorrhagic fever (ahf) is a severe, often fatal hemorrhagic disease in humans. it is caused by alkhumra hemorrhagic fever virus (ahfv), a newly described flavivirus first isolated in 1995 in alkhumra district, south of jeddah city, saudi arabia. it is transmitted from infected livestock animals to humans by direct contact with infected animals or by tick bites. in the recent past, the incidence of ahf has increased, with a total of 604 confirmed cases have been reported in saudi arabia ... | 2021 | 35280532 |
| alkhumra hemorrhagic fever virus infection. | this review article summarizes what has been published on alkhumra hemorrhagic fever virus (ahfv), a novel flavivirus that was discovered in saudi arabia in 1995. | 2021 | 33974139 |