Tick-borne encephalitis from eating goat cheese in a mountain region of Austria

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1671-1673

  Holzmann, Heidemarie ^a   Aberle, Stephan W ^a   Stiasny, Karin ^a   Werner, Philipp ^b   Mischak, Andreas ^c   Zainer, Bernhard ^c   Netzer, Markus ^c   Koppi, Stefan ^b   Bechter, Elmar ^c   Heinz, Franz X ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Regional Hospital Rankweil   (Austria)

^c Austrian Public Health Authorities   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHEESE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOMESTIC PIG; FEMALE; GOAT; HUMAN; MALE; MILK; NONHUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; CHEESE; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 70349973089     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1510.090743     Document Type: Article

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