Abstract

Objective: Alkhumra virus (ALKV) was identified in 1994 as the agent of a hemorrhagic fever in Saudi Arabia. Genetic and phylogenetic analyses characterize it as a variant genotype of Kyasanur Forest disease virus (KFDV). Since then, several cases of Alkhumra hemorrhagic fever (ALKHF) with fatality rates as high as 25% have been documented in Saudi Arabia . The aim of the current article is to review and provide an insight into ALKHF in Saudi Arabia. Methods: Articles published between 1994 and 2014 on ALKV and ALKHF were studied by reviewing the Medline/PubMed databases - the online Google Scholar database and the ProMED database using the