Etiology of viral diseases in a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia
SPJ-Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal. 1996; 4 (2): 107-111
in English
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| ID: emr-43498
ABSTRACT
In order to establish the prevalence and etiology of viral diseases at a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia, clinical specimens from 38.978 patients were retrospectively evaluated over a 7 year period [1988-1994]. Virus particles were detected in clinical specimens from 3434 [8.8%] patients. The most common virus was herpes simplex [1646 patients], followed by cytomegalovirus [798 patients] and rotavirus [593 patients]. There were also 202 patients positive for adenovirus, 60 for respiratory syncytial virus, 29 for influenza, 8 for parainfluenza, 75 for enterovirus and 23 for varicella-zoster virus. The trends and characteristics of these findings in a specific Saudi population are discussed
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Adenoviridae
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Demography
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Immunoenzyme Techniques
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Rotavirus
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Herpes Simplex
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Saudi Pharm. J.
Year:
1996
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