Ilheus virus isolate from a human, Ecuador [12]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 956-958

  Johnson, Barbara W ^a,e   Cruz, Cristopher ^b   Felices, Vidal ^b   Espinoza, William R ^c   Manock, Stephen Robert ^d   Guevara, Carolina ^b   Olson, James G ^b   Kochel, Tadeusz J ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Peru   (Peru)

^c Hospital de la IV División del Ejercito Amazonas   (Ecuador)

^d HOSPITAL VOZANDES   (Ecuador)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HISTIDINE; LYSINE; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5A; SERINE; THREONINE; VALINE; VIRUS RNA;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL SCREENING; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMAN; ILHEUS VIRUS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 34249988149     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1306.070118     Document Type: Letter

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