Rapid identification of Toscana virus by nested PCR during an outbreak in the Siena area of Italy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2500-2502

  Valassina, Marcello ^a   Cusi, Maria Grazia ^a   Valensin, Pier Egisto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BUNYAVIRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA VIRUS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; RNA VIRUSES; TOSCANA VIRUS;

EID: 0029792965     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.10.2500-2502.1996     Document Type: Article

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