Sandfly - Pappataci fever in Bosnia And Herzegovina: The new-old disease

Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-43

  Hukić, Mirsada ^a   Salimović Bešić, Irma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Pappataci fever; Phlebotomus fever; Phlebovirus; Sandfl y fever viruses; TOSV

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BUNYAVIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SEASON;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; SEASONS;

EID: 64849111788     PISSN: 15128601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17305/bjbms.2009.2854     Document Type: Article

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