Seroepidemiological study of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Greece, 2009-2010

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Sidira, P ^a   Maltezou, H C ^b   Haidich, A B ^a   Papa, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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

Author keywords

Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever; Greece; Risk factors; Seroprevalence; Tick borne

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 84856233103     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03718.x     Document Type: Article

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