Evidence of an autochthonous Toscana virus strain in Croatia

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-7

  Punda Polić, Volga ^a   Mohar, Bojana ^a   Duh, Darja ^b   Bradarić, Nikola ^a   Korva, Miša ^c   Fajs, Luka ^c   Saksida, Ana ^c   Avšič Županc, Tatjana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b Institute of Public Health Maribor   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Croatia; Phleboviruses; Toscana virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHLEBOVIRUS; PHLEBOVIRUS INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SUMMER; TOSCANA VIRUS; TOSCANA VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS;

EID: 84865176779     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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