Alkhurma Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ornithodoros savignyi Ticks

Alkhurma Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ornithodoros savignyi Ticks

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 assoc...

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Main Authors: Rémi N. Charrel, Shamsudeen F. Fagbo, Gregory Moureau, Mohammad Hussain Alqahtani, Sarah Temmam, Xavier de Lamballerie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Biosafety level 4
Saudi Arabia
flavivirus
tick
arthropodborne
arbovirus
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/1/06-1094_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/1/06-1094_article

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