Clinical and virological findings in the ongoing outbreak of West Nile virus Livenza strain in northern Italy, July to September 2012

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 36, 2012, Pages

  Barzon, L ^a,b   Pacenti, M ^b   Franchin, E ^a,b   Martello, T ^b   Lavezzo, E ^a   Squarzon, L ^a   Toppo, S ^a   Fiorin, F ^c   Marchiori, G ^c   Scotton, G P ^d   Russo, F ^c   Cattai, M ^b   Cusinato, R ^b   Palu G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Department of Transfusion Medicine ^*  (Italy)

^d Treviso City Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; URINALYSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS LIVENZA STRAIN;

EID: 84866377168     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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