Ilheus virus infection in human, Bolivia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 516-518

  Venegas, Erika A ^a,b   Aguilar, Patricia V ^a,d   Cruz, Cristhopher ^a   Guevara, Carolina ^a   Kochel, Tadeusz J ^a   Vargas, Jorge ^c   Halsey, Eric S ^a  

^a Peru   (Peru)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales   (Bolivia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; BOLIVIA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; HUMAN; ILHEUS VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BOLIVIA; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84857571970     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1803.111486     Document Type: Letter

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