Borna disease virus and the evidence for human pathogenicity: A systematic review

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 255-274

  Chalmers, R M ^a   Thomas, Daniel Rh ^a   Salmon, R L ^a  

^a NPHS Communic Dis Surveillance Ctr ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN P40; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BORNA DISEASE; BORNA DISEASE VIRUS; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILEPSY; EUROPE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; JAPAN; KOREA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOCYTE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NETHERLANDS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROPREVALENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 17044376321     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hci039     Document Type: Review

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