A mediterranean arbovirus: The Toscana virus

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 577-583

  Valassina, Marcello ^a   Cusi, Maria Grazia ^a   Valensin, Pier Egisto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Phlebovirus; Serotype; Toscana

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANTIGENICITY; ARBOVIRUS; BUNYAVIRUS; CYPRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; ITALY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOVIRUS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; SPAIN; SUMMER; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ARBOVIRUS; BUNYAVIRIDAE; INSECTA; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; PHLEBOVIRUS; SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS; TOSCANA VIRUS;

EID: 0347407829     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/jnv.9.6.577.583     Document Type: Short Survey

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