Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2010)

Alkhurma Hemorrhagic Fever in Travelers Returning from Egypt, 2010

  • Fabrizio Carletti,
  • Concetta Castilletti,
  • Antonino Di Caro,
  • Maria R. Capobianchi,
  • Carla Nisii,
  • Fredy Suter,
  • Marco Rizzi,
  • Alessandra Tebaldi,
  • Antonio Goglio,
  • Cristiana Passerini Tosi,
  • Giuseppe Ippolito

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1612.101092
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 12
pp. 1979 – 1982

Abstract

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Two travelers returning to Italy from southern Egypt were hospitalized with a fever of unknown origin. Test results showed infection with Alkhurma virus. The geographic distribution of this virus could be broader than previously thought.

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