Role of Toscana virus in meningo-encephalitis in Tunisia;Rôle du virus Toscana dans les infections neuroméningées en Tunisie

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Bahri, O ^a   Fazaa, O ^a   Ben Alaya Bouafif, N ^a   Bouloy, M ^b   Triki, H ^a   Bouattour, A ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Neurological diseases; Phlebovirus; Toscana virus; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PHLEBOVIRUS; SEASHORE; SERUM; SUMMER; TOSCANA VIRUS; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955188069     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: 17683114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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