Persistence of West Nile virus immunoglobulin M antibodies, Greece

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1857-1860

  Papa, Anna ^a   Danis, Kostas ^b   Athanasiadou, Afroditi ^c   Delianidou, Maria ^c   Panagiotopoulos, Takis ^d  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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

^c General Hospital of Giannitsa   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; IgM antibodies; Persistence; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; SYMPTOM; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREECE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 80051601573     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22190     Document Type: Article

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