Volume 8, Number 12—December 2002
Research
Genetic Analysis of Viruses Associated with Emergence of Rift Valley Fever in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, 2000-01
Trevor Shoemaker*†, Carla Boulianne*†, Martin J. Vincent*, Linda Pezzanite*, Mohammed M. Al-Qahtani‡, Yagub Al-Mazrou‡, Ali S. Khan*, Pierre E. Rollin*, Robert Swanepoel§, Thomas G. Ksiazek*, and Stuart T. Nichol*
Table 1
Results of diagnostic testing of initial Saudi Arabian Rift Valley fever outbreak specimensa
| Patient IDb | Categoryc | ALK |
C-CHFV |
RVFV |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IgM | IgG | Ag | IgM | IgG | Ag | IgM | IgG | ISOL | PCR | ||
| 10901 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | POS | POS |
| 10902 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | POS | POS |
| 10904 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | POS | POS | POS |
| 10905 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | POS | POS |
| 10906 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10907 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10908 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10909 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10910 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10911 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | POS |
| 10912 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | - |
| 10913 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10914 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10931 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | POS | POS |
| 10933 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | POS | - | - |
| 10935 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10937 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | POS | - | POS | POS |
| 10939 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | - |
| 10941 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10943 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | POS | POS |
| 10945 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | POS | POS |
| 10947 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | POS | - | POS | POS |
| 10949 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | POS | POS |
| 10951 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | POS | POS |
| 10953 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | POS | POS |
| 10955 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | POS | - | POS | - |
| 10957 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | POS | POS |
| 10959 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | POS | POS |
| 10960 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10961 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10962 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | - |
| 10963 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | - |
| 10964 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | POS | - | - |
| 10965 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10966 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10967 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10968 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10969 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10970 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | - |
| 10971 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
aRVFV, Rift Valley fever virus; ALK, Alkhurma virus; Ig, immunoglobulin; C-CHFV, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; ISOL, virus isolation; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; POS, positive results; -, negative results.
bInitial specimens were all from persons living in Jizan Province.
cSuspected case-patients were defined as described earlier (3).
