Absence of indigenous specific West Nile virus antibodies in Tyrolean blood donors

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-81

  Sonnleitner, S T ^a   Simeoni, J ^b   Schmutzhard, E ^a   Niedrig, M ^c   Ploner, F ^d   Schennach, H ^a   Dierich, M P ^a   Walder, G ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Hygiene Department of the Autonomous Province of Bozen/South Tyrol   (Italy)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d Sterzing Regional Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLOOD DONOR; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; ITALY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; BLOOD; EUROPE; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84861122884     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1279-x     Document Type: Article

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