A sandfly fever virus outbreak in the East Mediterranean region of Turkey

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Guler, Selma ^a   Guler, Ekrem ^b   Caglayik, Dilek Yagci ^c   Kokoglu, Omer Faruk ^b   Ucmak, Hasan ^b   Bayrakdar, Fatma ^c   Uyar, Yavuz ^c  

^a Yenisehir State Hospital Kahramanmaras   (Turkey)

^b KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Refik Saydam National Public Health Agency   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Kahramanmaras; Outbreak; Phlebovirus; Sandfly fever; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BUNYAVIRUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SANDFLY FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER; PHLEBOVIRUS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858298510     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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