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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
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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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
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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Ismail Alharthi
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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Sultan Alhazmi
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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Yehya Almalki
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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Rasha Bulkhi
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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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
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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Ahmed Alkhyami
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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Mohamed Bazaid
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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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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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, Thanaa Mohammad
Saudi Medical Journal Nov 2021, 42 (11) 1173-1179; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.11.20210124

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