West Nile virus studies in the Sanliurfa Province of Turkey

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 202-206

  Özer, Nurdan ^a   Ergünay, Koray ^a   Simsek, Fatih ^b   Kaynas, Sinan ^a   Alten, Bülent ^a   Caglar, Selim S ^a   Ustacelebi, Semsettin ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arboviruses; Mosquitoes; Turkey; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CERCOPITHECUS; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VERO CELL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE ASSAY; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TURKEY; VERO CELLS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 40949155913     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2007)32[202:WNVSIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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