Crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus in ticks, Southwestern Europe, 2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-180

  Estrada Peña, Agustín ^a   Palomar, Ana M ^b   Santibáñez, Paula ^b   Sánchez, Nely ^a   Habela, Miguel A ^c   Portillo, Aránzazu ^b   Romero, Lourdes ^b   Oteo, José A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AMPLICON; ASIA; BUNYAVIRUS; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DNA TEMPLATE; EUROPE; FATALITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LETTER; MIDDLE EAST; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENEGAL; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; EUROPE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; IXODIDAE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84856565444     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1801.111040     Document Type: Letter

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