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Table II.
Clinical features of 683 patients with laboratory-confirmed RVF in Saudi Arabia in 2000–2001 (adapted from [164]).
| Variable | n a/Nb (%) |
|---|---|
| Fever | 499/539 (92.6) |
| Nausea | 315/530 (59.4) |
| Vomiting | 280/532 (52.6) |
| Abdominal pain | 202/532 (38.0) |
| Diarrhea | 118/530 (22.1) |
| Jaundice | 96/530 (18.1) |
| CNS manifestations | 81/475 (17.1) |
| (confusion, lethargy, disorientation, vertigo, coma, tremor, convulsions, …) | |
| Haemorrhagic manifestations | 35/494 (7.1) |
| (haematemesis, petechiae, bleeding, purpura, gingival bleeding, epistaxis, …) | |
| Ocular complications (vision loss, scotomas, …) | 10/683 (1.5) |
| Deaths | 95/683 (13.9) |