Detection of Usutu-virus-specific IgG in blood donors from Northern Italy

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 431-433

  Gaibani, Paolo ^a   Pierro, Anna ^a   Alicino, Rosa ^a   Rossini, Giada ^a   Cavrini, Francesca ^a   Landini, Maria Paola ^a   Sambri, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunoassay; Flavivirus; Immune response; Usutu virus; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; USUTU FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, ARBOVIRUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ITALY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FLAVIVIRUS; USUTU VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84861052592     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0813     Document Type: Article

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