Ecology of the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever endemic area in Albania

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 713-716

  Papa, Anna ^a   Velo, Enkelejda ^b   Papadimitriou, Evangelia ^a   Cahani, Gjyle ^c   Kota, Majlinda ^b   Bino, Silvia ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Institute of Public Health   (Albania)

^c Directory of Public Health Kukes   (Albania)

Author keywords

Arbovirus(es); Birds; Tick(s); Vector; Vector borne

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALBANIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIRD; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CONGO; ECOLOGY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GOAT; GRAZING; HARE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TICK; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

ALBANIA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BIRDS; CATTLE; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; ECOSYSTEM; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GOATS; HARES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICKS; VIRAL LOAD;

ARBOVIRUS; AVES; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; HYALOMMA; IXODIDA; LEPUS;

EID: 72749122287     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0141     Document Type: Article

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