Epidemiology of tick-borne encephalitis in Japan

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-90

  Takashima, Ikuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Japan; Tick borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MICE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICKS;

EID: 0031979391     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9571(97)00024-6     Document Type: Article

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