Toscana Virus (TOSV) exposure is confirmed in blood donors from Central, North and South/Southeast Anatolia, Turkey

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 148-154

  Ergunay, K ^a   Aydogan, S ^a   Ilhami Ozcebe, O ^a   Cilek, E E ^b   Hacioglu, S ^b   Karakaya, J ^a   Ozkul, A ^b   Us, D ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Sandfly fever virus; Toscana virus; Turkey

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BUNYAVIRUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENDER; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; TOSCANA VIRUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHODIDAE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS; TOSCANA VIRUS;

EID: 84857195473     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01436.x     Document Type: Article

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