Ongoing outbreak of west nile virus infections in humans in greece, july - august 2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 34, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Papa, A ^a   Danis, K ^b   Baka, A ^b   Bakas, A ^c   Dougas, G ^b   Lytras, T ^b   Theocharopoulos, G ^b   Chrysagis, D ^c   Vassiliadou, E ^c   Kamaria, F ^c   Liona, A ^b   Mellou, K ^b   Saroglou, G ^b   Panagiotopoulos, T ^b,d  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO)   (Greece)

^c Infectious Diseases Hospital of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS REACTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GREECE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOSQUITO; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956527807     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.34.19644-en     Document Type: Article

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