Seroprevalence study in forestry workers of a non-endemic region in eastern Germany reveals infections by Tula and Dobrava-Belgrade hantaviruses

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 263-268

  Mertens, Marc ^a   Hofmann, Jörg ^b   Petraityte Burneikiene, Rasa ^c   Ziller, Mario ^a   Sasnauskas, Kestutis ^c   Friedrich, Robert ^d   Niederstrasser, Olaf ^e   Krüger, Detlev H ^b   Groschup, Martin H ^a   Petri, Eckhardt ^f   Werdermann, Sandra ^g   Ulrich, Rainer G ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d GLYCOTOPE GMBH   (Germany)

^e Helios Kliniken   (Germany)

^f GSK Marburg Vaccines and Diagnostics   (Germany)

^g Institut für Arbeits und Sozialhygiene Stiftung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dobrava Belgrade virus; Forestry workers; Germany; Hantavirus; Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; Tula virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOBRAVA BELGRADE VIRUS INFECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOREST WORKER; FORESTRY; GERMANY; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TULA VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS CARRIER;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAPSID PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORESTRY; GERMANY; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83055173116     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: 14321831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-011-0203-4     Document Type: Article

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