A case of central nervous system infection due to a novel Sandfly Fever Virus (SFV) variant: Sandfly Fever Turkey Virus (SFTV)

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-82

  Ergunay, Koray ^a   Ismayilova, Vefa ^a   Colpak, Ilksen A ^a   Kansu, Tulay ^a   Us, Durdal ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Phlebovirus; Sandfly Fever Turkey Virus (SFTV); Sandfly Fever Virus (SFV)

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMPLICON; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA VIRUS; SANDFLY FEVER; SANDFLY FEVER TURKEY VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER; PHLEBOVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TURKEY;

EID: 84861900123     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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