A case of dengue type 3 virus infection imported from Africa to Italy, October 2009

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1-3

  Nisii, C ^a   Carletti, F ^a   Castilletti, C ^a   Bordi, L ^a   Meschi, S ^a   Selleri, M ^a   Chiappini, R ^a   Travaglini, D ^a   Antonini, M ^a   Castorina, S ^a   Lauria, F N ^a   Narciso, P ^a   Gentile, M ^a   Martini, L ^a   Di Perri, G ^b   Audagnotto, S ^b   Biselli, R ^c   Lastilla, M ^a   Di Caro, A ^a   Capobianchi, M ^a   Ippolito, G ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Italian Air Force   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CASE REPORT; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 3; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMPORT DISEASE; ITALY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; CLASSIFICATION; DENGUE VIRUS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYLOGENY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICA; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PATIENT ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; TRAVEL;

EID: 77952517966     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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