Epidemiological analysis of mosquito-borne Pogosta disease in Finland, 2009

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 6-8

  Sane, J ^a   Guedes, S ^b,c   Kurkela, S ^a,d   Lyytikainen O ^b   Vapalahti, O ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOSQUITO; POGOSTA DISEASE; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BLOOD; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 77952479662     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.02.19462-en     Document Type: Article

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