Alkhurma Hemorrhagic Fever

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Disease Ontology 12 DOID:0050308

CDC : ³ Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever (AHF) is caused by Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus (AHFV), a tick-borne virus of the Flavivirus family. The virus was initially isolated in 1995 from a patient in Saudi Arabia. Subsequent cases of AHF have been documented in tourists in Egypt, extending the geographic range of the virus and suggesting that geographic distribution of the virus is wide and that infections due to AHFV are underreported. The persistence of the virus within tick populations, and the role of livestock in the disease transmission process, are not well understood. The AHFV virus is a variant of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), a tick-borne Flavivirus found in Karnataka State and environs in India. Since the first description of AHFV, several hundred cases of AHF have been reported. Cases appear to peak in spring and summer. Further study of AHFV is needed to improve public health measures.

MalaCards based summary : Alkhurma Hemorrhagic Fever is related to kyasanur forest disease and encephalopathy, progressive, early-onset, with episodic rhabdomyolysis. An important gene associated with Alkhurma Hemorrhagic Fever is F8 (Coagulation Factor VIII), and among its related pathways/superpathways are Glioma and Crizotinib Pathway, Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics. Affiliated tissues include skin.

Disease Ontology : ¹² A viral infectious disease that is a hemorrhagic fever, has material basis in Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus, which is transmitted by Ornithodoros savignyi tick bite, transmitted by ingestion of unpasteurized camel milk, or transmitted by entry via skin wound. The infection has symptom headache, has symptom joint pain, has symptom muscle pain, has symptom vomiting, has symptom thrombocytopenia, and has symptom hemorrhagic fever.

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