Continued transmission of West Nile virus to humans in southeastern Romania, 1997-1998

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 710-712

  Cernescu, Costin ^a   Nedelcu, Nicolae Ion ^b   Tardei, Gratiela ^a   Ruta, Simona ^a   Tsai, Theodore F ^c,d  

^a STEFAN S NICOLAU INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Romania)

^b Ministry of Health   (Romania)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Lederle Vaccines   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; SEROLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POULTRY DISEASES; ROMANIA; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0034052742     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315225     Document Type: Article

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