Prevalence of Toscana sandfly fever virus antibodies in neurological patients and control subjects in Sicily

New Microbiologica

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-165

  Colomba, Claudia ^a   Saporito, Laura ^a   Ciufolini, Maria Grazia ^b   Marchi, Antonella ^b   Rotolo, Valentina ^a   De Grazia, Simona ^a   Titone, Lucina ^a   Giammanco, Giovanni M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Sandfly Naples virus; Seroprevalence; Sicily; Toscana virus; Viral encephalitis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUNYAVIRUS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SICILY;

EID: 84862129852     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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