Seroprevalence of Alkhurma and Other Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses, Saudi Arabia

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.

Keywords

• viruses
• arbovirus
• Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus
• dengue virus
• Rift Valley fever virus
• Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus