Seroepidemiology of Saffold cardiovirus (SAFV) genotype 3 in Japan

Journal of Infection

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 191-193

  Kobayashi, Miho ^a   Tsukagoshi, Hiroyuki ^a   Ishioka, Taisei ^a   Mizuta, Katsumi ^b   Noda, Masahiro ^c   Morita, Yukio ^d   Ryo, Akihide ^e   Kozawa, Kunihisa ^a   Kimura, Hirokazu ^c  

^a GUNMA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d TOKYO KASEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVIRUS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; SAFFOLD CARDIOVIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

CARDIOVIRUS; CARDIOVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84871921241     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2012.10.022     Document Type: Letter

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