ArticleThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale2017
Circulation of Dengue Virus Serotypes in the City of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, as Determined by Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction.
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- Epidemiological and Evolutionary Dynamics of Dengue Virus in Saudi Arabia: Insights from Three Decades of Molecular and Serological Surveillance.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Saudi Arabia: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2025Pooled it
- Dengue virus infection in Saudi Arabia from 2003 to 2023: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Pathogens and global healthPooled it
- Climate Change and Emerging Arboviral Threats in Saudi Arabia: Epidemiology, Vector Ecology, and One Health Preparedness.Infectious disease reports · 2026Review
- Current epidemiological status of mosquito-borne arboviruses in Gulf countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2025Review
- Clinical characteristics of dengue virus infections in Karachi from 2019 to 2023: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The emergence of an imported variant of dengue virus serotype 2 in the Jazan region, southwestern Saudi Arabia.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2023Article
- Molecular Analysis of Targeted Insecticide Resistance Gene Mutations in Field-Caught Mosquitos of Medical Importance From Saudi Arabia.Journal of medical entomology · 2021Article
- Detection of DENV-2 and Insect-Specific Flaviviruses in Mosquitoes Collected From Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021Article
- Mosquito biodiversity and mosquito-borne viruses in the United Arab Emirates.Parasites & vectors · 2019Article
- First complete genome sequence of circulating dengue virus serotype 3 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.New microbes and new infections · 2018Article
- The prevalence of dengue virus serotypes in asymptomatic blood donors reveals the emergence of serotype 4 in Saudi Arabia.Virology journal · 2017Article
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Abstract
The present study was aimed to investigate the circulation of four dengue virus (DENV) serotypes in Makkah, Western Saudi Arabia. Blood samples were collected from 25 dengue fever-suspected patients and were subjected to molecular typing for DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4 serotypes of dengue virus, by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), using six sets of primers. Of the 25 samples, only six samples (24%) were found to be positive for dengue virus infection. The prevalence of DENV-1 was higher (50% of DENV-positive samples), as compared to DENV-2 (33.3%) and DENV-3 (16.6%) serotypes. The fourth serotype, DENV-4, was not detected in any of the DENV-positive samples. Although Makkah is considered endemic to dengue fever, we observed low prevalence of dengue virus in the city, which may be attributed to various factors. Nonetheless, the results presented herein confirm the circulation of DENV serotypes in the Western region of Saudi Arabia. To the best of our knowledge, the current study so far is the first report demonstrating the prevalence of the DENV-1 serotype in the city Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
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