The economic burden of dengue fever in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

• Main Authors: Naeema A Akbar (Author), Abdullah M Assiri (Author), Omima I Shabouni (Author), Osama M Alwafi (Author), Rajaa Al-Raddadi (Author), Mohamad H Alzahrani (Author), Esam I Azhar (Author), Ashraf Amir (Author), Abdullah M Aljiffri (Author), Abdulhakeem O Althaqafi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rapid urbanization, global trade, and the exceptionally great numbers of worldwide visitors during Hajj and Umrah have all placed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at a significant risk of introducing several vector-borne tropical diseases, such as dengue fever virus (DENV) infection. In this study we est...