Tickborne encephalitis virus, northeastern Italy [11]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1617-1619

  Beltrame, Anna ^a   Ruscio, Maurizio ^b   Cruciatti, Barbara ^c   Londero, Angela ^a   Di Piazza, Vito ^d   Copetti, Roberto ^d   Moretti, Valentino ^b   Rossi, Paolo ^e   Gigli, Gian Luigi ^e   Scudeller, Luigia ^a   Viale, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Hospital of San Daniele   (Italy)

^c Pordenone Hospital   (Italy)

^d San Antonio Abate Hospital   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY TITER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33750009717     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1210.060395     Document Type: Letter

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