A serosurvey reveals Bosnia and Herzegovina as a Europe's hotspot in hantavirus seroprevalence

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1185-1193

  Hukic, M ^a   Nikolic, J ^b   Valjevac, A ^a   Seremet, M ^a   Tesic, G ^a   Markotic, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b Clinical Hospital Mostar   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^c Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bosnia and Herzegovina (B H); endemic region; hantavirus; HFRS; occupational risk; seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RISK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; WESTERN BLOTTING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HANTAVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 77954942920     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809991348     Document Type: Article

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