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The epidemiology and incidence of dengue in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, during 2017-2019

Sami Melebari, Rowaida Bakri, Abdul Hafiz, Fadel Qabbani, Asim Khogeer, Ismail Alharthi, Sultan Alhazmi, Yehya Almalki, Rasha Bulkhi, Razaz Gammash, Ashwaq Hakim, Ahmed Alkhyami, Mohamed Bazaid and Thanaa Mohammad
Saudi Medical Journal November 2021, 42 (11) 1173-1179; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.11.20210124
Sami Melebari
From the Department of Molecular Biology (Melebari, Qabbani, Hakim, Bazaid); from the Department of Microbiology (Alharthi, Bulkhi, Gammash, Alkhyami); from the Department of Blood Bank Centre (Mohammad), The Regional Laboratory; from the Department of Research and Planning (Khogeer), General Directorate of Health Affairs Makkah Region; from the Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases Administration (Alhazmi, Almalki), Public Health, Ministry of Health, and from the Department of Medical Parasitology (Bakri, Hafiz), College of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Rowaida Bakri
From the Department of Molecular Biology (Melebari, Qabbani, Hakim, Bazaid); from the Department of Microbiology (Alharthi, Bulkhi, Gammash, Alkhyami); from the Department of Blood Bank Centre (Mohammad), The Regional Laboratory; from the Department of Research and Planning (Khogeer), General Directorate of Health Affairs Makkah Region; from the Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases Administration (Alhazmi, Almalki), Public Health, Ministry of Health, and from the Department of Medical Parasitology (Bakri, Hafiz), College of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdul Hafiz
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Fadel Qabbani
From the Department of Molecular Biology (Melebari, Qabbani, Hakim, Bazaid); from the Department of Microbiology (Alharthi, Bulkhi, Gammash, Alkhyami); from the Department of Blood Bank Centre (Mohammad), The Regional Laboratory; from the Department of Research and Planning (Khogeer), General Directorate of Health Affairs Makkah Region; from the Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases Administration (Alhazmi, Almalki), Public Health, Ministry of Health, and from the Department of Medical Parasitology (Bakri, Hafiz), College of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Asim Khogeer
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Ismail Alharthi
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Sultan Alhazmi
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Yehya Almalki
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Rasha Bulkhi
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Razaz Gammash
From the Department of Molecular Biology (Melebari, Qabbani, Hakim, Bazaid); from the Department of Microbiology (Alharthi, Bulkhi, Gammash, Alkhyami); from the Department of Blood Bank Centre (Mohammad), The Regional Laboratory; from the Department of Research and Planning (Khogeer), General Directorate of Health Affairs Makkah Region; from the Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases Administration (Alhazmi, Almalki), Public Health, Ministry of Health, and from the Department of Medical Parasitology (Bakri, Hafiz), College of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ashwaq Hakim
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Ahmed Alkhyami
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Mohamed Bazaid
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Thanaa Mohammad
From the Department of Molecular Biology (Melebari, Qabbani, Hakim, Bazaid); from the Department of Microbiology (Alharthi, Bulkhi, Gammash, Alkhyami); from the Department of Blood Bank Centre (Mohammad), The Regional Laboratory; from the Department of Research and Planning (Khogeer), General Directorate of Health Affairs Makkah Region; from the Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases Administration (Alhazmi, Almalki), Public Health, Ministry of Health, and from the Department of Medical Parasitology (Bakri, Hafiz), College of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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vol. 42 no. 11 1173-1179
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.11.20210124
PubMed 
34732548

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received April 1, 2021
  • Accepted September 1, 2021
  • Published online November 3, 2021.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

Author Information

  1. Sami Melebari, MSc, PhD,
  2. Rowaida Bakri, MSc, PhD,
  3. Abdul Hafiz, MSc, PhD⇑,
  4. Fadel Qabbani, BMSc,
  5. Asim Khogeer, MSc, PhD,
  6. Ismail Alharthi, BMSc,
  7. Sultan Alhazmi, MPh,
  8. Yehya Almalki, BMSc,
  9. Rasha Bulkhi, MSc,
  10. Razaz Gammash, MSc,
  11. Ashwaq Hakim, BMSc,
  12. Ahmed Alkhyami, BMSc,
  13. Mohamed Bazaid, MSc and
  14. Thanaa Mohammad, MBBS, MD
  1. From the Department of Molecular Biology (Melebari, Qabbani, Hakim, Bazaid); from the Department of Microbiology (Alharthi, Bulkhi, Gammash, Alkhyami); from the Department of Blood Bank Centre (Mohammad), The Regional Laboratory; from the Department of Research and Planning (Khogeer), General Directorate of Health Affairs Makkah Region; from the Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases Administration (Alhazmi, Almalki), Public Health, Ministry of Health, and from the Department of Medical Parasitology (Bakri, Hafiz), College of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Abdul Hafiz, Department of Medical Parasitology, College of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: aaahafiz{at}uqu.edu.sa ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1898-8841
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