Sandfly-fever outbreak in Cyprus: Are Phleboviruses still a health problem?

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 239-242

  Konstantinou, G N ^a   Papa, A ^b   Antoniadis, A ^b  

^a 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Phlebovirus; Sandfly fever; Three day fever; Virus isolation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARMY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; BUNYAVIRUS; CYPRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; GREECE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MONOCYTOSIS; MYALGIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHLEBOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SOLDIER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUMMER; SYMPTOM; TRAVEL; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CYPRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER; PHLEBOVIRUS; TRAVEL;

EID: 34250006293     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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