Prevalence of Toscana virus antibodies in residents of Croatia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Punda Polic V ^a,b   Jeroncic A ^a   Mohar, B ^a   Sisko Kraljevic K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c Institute of Public Health   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Phlebovirus; Seroprevalence; Toscana virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CHILD; CROATIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASHORE; SEROPREVALENCE; TOSCANA VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

PHLEBOVIRUS; TOSCANA VIRUS;

EID: 84860996137     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03840.x     Document Type: Article

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