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- Title
Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus in Ornithodoros savignyi ticks.
- Authors
Charrel, Rémi N.; Fagbo, Shamsudeen; Moureau, Gregory; Alqahtani, Mohammad Hussain; Temmam, Sarah; De Lamballerie, Xavier; Charrel, Rémi N
- Abstract
Evidence for the tickborne nature of Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus (AHFV) is indirect because AHFV has not been detected in arthropods. One Ornithodoros savignyi tick from Saudi Arabia contained AHFV RNA. This is the first direct evidence that AHFV is a tickborne flavivirus and confirms the association between human AHFV cases and tickbite history.
- Subjects
SAUDI Arabia; TICK-borne diseases; HEMORRHAGIC fever; VIRUSES; ARTHROPODA; ORNITHODOROS; RNA; FLAVIVIRUSES
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007, Vol 13, Issue 1, p153
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1301.061094