Epidemiological surveillance of west Nile neuroinvasive diseases in Italy, 2008 to 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Rizzo, C ^a   Salcuni, P ^b   Nicoletti, L ^a   Ciufolini, M G ^a   Russo, F ^c   Masala, R ^d   Frongia, O ^e   Finarelli, A C ^f   Gramegna, M ^g   Gallo, L ^h   Pompa, M G ^b   Rezza, G ^a   Salmaso, S ^a   Declich, S ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

^c Regional Health Authority of Veneto   (Italy)

^d Sardinia Protection Health Trust   (Italy)

^e Local Health Authority of Oristano   (Italy)

^f Drug Policy Service   (Italy)

^g Regional Health Authority of Lombardy   (Italy)

^h Regional Health Authority of Friuli Venezia Giulia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE NEUROINVASIVE DISEASE;

EID: 84862878957     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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