Detection of West Nile virus genome and specific antibodies in Iranian encephalitis patients

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1525-1529

  Chinikar, S ^a   Javadi, A ^b   Ataei, B ^b   Shakeri, H ^b   Moradi, M ^a   Mostafavi, E ^a   Ghiasi, S M ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

encephalitis; Iran; Isfahan; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS GENOME; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84863933147     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811002056     Document Type: Article

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