Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever in travelers returning from Egypt, 2010.
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.
Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy.
Fabrizio
F
Carletti
Concetta
C
Castilletti
Antonino
A
Di Caro
Maria R
MR
Capobianchi
Carla
C
Nisii
Fredy
F
Suter
Marco
M
Rizzi
Alessandra
A
Tebaldi
Antonio
A
Goglio
Cristiana
C
Passerini Tosi
Giuseppe
G
Ippolito
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001733:Bites and Stings; D004534:Egypt; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007733:Kyasanur Forest Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012307:Risk Factors; D014195:Travel; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000235:genetics
C096041:NS5 protein, flavivirus; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins