Molecular detection and characterization of yellow fever virus in blood and liver specimens of a non-vaccinated fatal human case

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 212-217

  Deubel, Vincent ^a   Huerre, Michel ^a   Cathomas, Gieri ^b   Drouet, Marie Thérèse ^a   Wuscher, Nicole ^a   Guenno, Bernard Le ^a   Widmer, Andreas F ^c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood; Immunohistochemistry; Liver; RT PCR; Sequence; Yellow fever virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE FIXATION; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; YELLOW FEVER; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; FLAVIVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 0031428909     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199711)53:3<212::AID-JMV5>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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