Chikungunya virus in North-Eastern Italy: A seroprevalence survey

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 508-511

  Moro, Maria Luisa ^a   Gagliotti, Carlo ^a   Silvi, Giuliano ^b   Angelini, Raffaella ^b   Sambri, Vittorio ^c   Rezza, Giovanni ^d   Massimiliani, Erika ^e   Mattivi, Andrea ^e   Grilli, Elisa ^a   Finarelli, Alba Carola ^e   Spataro, Nadir ^c   Pierro, Anna Maria ^c   Seyler, Thomas ^d,f   Macini, Pierluigi ^e   Angelini, P ^g   Bellini, R ^g   Bevilacqua, L ^g   Bianco, C ^g   Biondi, E ^g   Dottori, M ^g   Francia, F ^g   Frasca, G ^g   Gargiulo, S ^g   Ghiselli, F ^g   Majori, G ^g   Merler, S ^g   Palazzi, M ^g   Po, C ^g   Ragazzi, D ^g   Rizzo, C ^g   Samore T ^g   Tamba, M ^g   Venturelli, C ^g   more..

^a Area Rischio Infettivo   (Italy)

^b Lugo District Area   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e Assessorato Politiche per la Salute Regione Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^f EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; EMILIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77949830922     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0322     Document Type: Article

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