Prevalence of antibodies to phleboviruses and flaviviruses in Peja, Kosovo

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1180-1182

  Venturi, G ^a   Marchi, A ^a   Fiorentini, C ^a   Ramadani, N ^b   Quaglio, G ^c   Kalaveshi, A ^b   Bertinato, L ^c   Putoto, G ^c   Benedetti, E ^a   Rezza, G ^a   Ciufolini, M G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b National Institute of Public Health   (Serbia)

^c Italian Co operation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Flavivirus; Kosovo; Phlebovirus; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHLEBOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANDFLY NAPLES VIRUS; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; TOSCANA VIRUS;

ARBOVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; PHLEBOVIRUS; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 79960700444     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03445.x     Document Type: Article

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