Molecular characterization of dengue virus 1 from autochthonous dengue fever cases in Croatia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Kurolt, I C ^a   Betica Radic L ^b   Dakovic Rode O ^a   Franco, L ^c   Zelena H ^d   Tenorio, A ^c   Markotic A ^a  

^a Croatia   (Croatia)

^b Dubrovnik General Hospital   (Croatia)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d Zdravotniho ustavu se sidlem v Ostrave   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Arbovirus; Autochthonous transmission; Croatia; Dengue virus 1

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUGHING; CROATIA; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 1; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MYALGIA; NEUTROPENIA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARBOVIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 84874319992     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12104     Document Type: Article

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