Retrospective serological and genetic study of the distribution of hantaviruses in Greece

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 321-327

  Papa, A ^a   Johnson, A M ^b   Stockton, P C ^b   Bowen, M D ^b   Spiropoulou, C F ^b,c   Alexiou Daniel, S ^a   Ksiazek, T G ^b   Nichol, S T ^b   Antoniadis, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ELISA; Hantavirus; Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GREECE; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; GREECE; HANTAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

ARVICOLINAE; DOBRAVA VIRUS; HANTAVIRUS; MURINAE; RNA VIRUSES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031840965     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199808)55:4<321::AID-JMV11>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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