Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory aspects of sandfly fever

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 383-388

  Dionisio, Daniele ^a   Esperti, Francesco ^a   Vivarelli, Angela ^a   Valassina, Marcello ^b  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Phleboviruses; Sandfly fever; Sandfly fever Naples virus; Sandfly fever Sicilian virus; Toscana virus

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANTIGENICITY; CLINICAL STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PSYCHODIDAE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SEROCONVERSION; TOSCANA VIRUS INFECTION; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0142107381     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-200310000-00003     Document Type: Review

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