First report of sandfly fever virus infection imported from Malta into Switzerland, October 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 27, 2012, Pages

  Schultze, D ^a   Korte, W ^a   Rafeiner, P ^b   Niedrig, M ^c  

^a Center for Laboratory Medicine   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BUNYAVIRUS; CASE REPORT; EMPORIATRICS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMPORT DISEASE; INSECT BITE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MALTA; PHLEBOVIRUS; RASH; SANDFLY FEVER; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SKIN DEFECT; SWITZERLAND; TRAVEL;

EID: 84863834588     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.17.27.20209-en     Document Type: Article

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