Detection of Usutu virus infection in a healthy blood donor from South-West Germany, 2012

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 50, 2012, Pages

  Allering, L ^a   Jost H ^a   Emmerich, P ^a   Gunther S ^a   Lattwein, E ^b   Schmidt, M ^c   Seifried, E ^c   Sambri, V ^d   Hourfar, K ^c   Schmidt Chanasit, J ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Institute of Experimental Immunology   (Germany)

^c German Red Cross Blood Service Baden Württemberg Hesse   (Germany)

^d Microbiology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CULEX PIPIENS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS; GERMANY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; JAUNDICE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOSQUITO; NORMAL HUMAN; RASH; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; USUTU FEVER; USUTU FLAVIVIRUS; USUTU VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 84871518351     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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