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ArticleSaudi journal of biological sciences2022

Epidemiological screening and serotyping analysis of dengue fever in the Southwestern region of Saudi Arabia.

Alkhansa Alshabi, Amani Marwan, Nuzhath Fatima, Aymen M Madkhali, Fatemah Alnagai, Abrar Alhazmi, Hesham M Al-Mekhlafi, Ahmed A Abdulhaq, Khalid Y Ghailan, Ahmed Sali and 1 more

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Article in Saudi journal of biological sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Epidemiological characterisation of dengue fever across Saudi Arabia.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2026
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11 authors.

Alkhansa AlshabiDepartment of Medical Laboratory Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Amani MarwanDepartment of Medical Laboratory Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Nuzhath FatimaDepartment of Medical Laboratory Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Aymen M MadkhaliDepartment of Medical Laboratory Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Fatemah AlnagaiDepartment of Medical Laboratory Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Abrar AlhazmiDepartment of Medical Laboratory Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Hesham M Al-MekhlafiMedical Research Center, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed A AbdulhaqDepartment of Medical Laboratory Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Khalid Y GhailanDepartment of Epidemiology Public Health and Tropical Medicine College, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed SaliPublic Health Office, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Tareq RefaeiDepartment of Laboratory, King Fahd Hospital, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dengue is an acute systemic viral disease that has been developed globally in both chronic and epidemic transmission periods. Dengue virus (DENV) is a member of the Flavivirus genus of the Flaviviridae family, which endangers public health. Limited studies have been performed in the Saudi Arabia and there are no epidemiological as well as molecular screening of DENV in the Southwestern region and this current study was conducted on the epidemiology of dengue in the Southwestern region of Saudi Arabia. Simultaneously, we have screened the 100 patients for DENV using the real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay. The current study results confirmed that 6637 people from various hospitals and locations in Jazan, Southwestern regions, were enrolled in this study from 2012 to 2020. The overall mean age was 30.02 ± 18.01 years, with 62.8% of males and 37.2% of females enrolled. This study included nearly three-fourths of the Saudi participants and one-fourth of the expatriates, and 56.6% of the positive cases were enrolled. In 2019, the most instances were enrolled, with 44% of positive cases. When screened using the RT-PCR assay, 93% of the positive patients were recruited, according to the quality control analysis. In conclusion, the current study results confirmed the prevalence of DENV was increased drastically since 2012 to 2020. High number of cases were registered prior to the Pandemic. The screening for DENV was performed with RT-PCR assay and NSI antigen should also be implemented to cross-check the results which was previously performed with RT-PCR analysis.

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DengueDENVPositive/negativeRT-PCRSouthwestern region

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PMID35002410
PMCPMC8716909

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