Seroprevalence of West Nile virus and tick-borne encephalitis virus in southeastern Turkey: First evidence for tick-borne encephalitis virus infections

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-161

  Ergunay, Koray ^a   Ozer, Nurdan ^a   Us, Durdal ^a   Ozkul, Aykut ^b   Simsek, Fatih ^c   Kaynas, Sinan ^a   Ustacelebi, Semsettin ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Tick borne encephalitis virus; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TURKEY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 34547638476     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0574     Document Type: Article

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