Immunoglobulin M seropositivity for Toscana virus in a random population sample in Sicily

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Amodio, Emanuele ^a   Cusi, Maria Grazia ^b   Valenti, Rosalia Maria ^a   Valentini, Melissa ^b   Mammina, Caterina ^a   Gori Savellini, Gianni ^b   Vitale, Francesco ^a   Romano, Nino ^a   Goedert, James J ^c   Calamusa, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

IgM seropositivity; Sicily; Toscana virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PHLEBOVIRUS; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMARY INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SUBURBAN AREA; TOSCANA VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SICILY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864391522     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.04.012     Document Type: Article

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