Genotype III Saint Louis encephalitis virus outbreak, Argentina, 2005

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1752-1754

  Diaz, Luis Adrián ^a,b   Ré, Viviana ^a   Almirón, Walter R ^b   Farías, Adrián ^a   Vázquez, Ana ^c   Sanchez Seco, María Paz ^c   Aguilar, Javier ^a   Spinsanti, Lorena ^a   Konigheim, Brenda ^a   Visintin, Andrés ^b   García, Jorge ^d   Morales, Maria Alejandra ^d   Tenorio, Antonio ^c   Contigiani, Marta ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas Dr Julio I Maiztegui   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; VERO CELL; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 33750543139     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1211.060486     Document Type: Article

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