Factors associated with IgG positivity to Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in the area with the highest seroprevalence in Greece

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 417-420

  Papa, Anna ^a   Sidira, Persefoni ^a   Kallia, Sotiria ^b   Ntouska, Maria ^b   Zotos, Nikolaos ^b   Doumbali, Eleni ^b   Maltezou, Helena C ^c   Demiris, Nikos ^d   Tsatsaris, Andreas ^e  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Filiates   (Greece)

^c Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^d ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Greece; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL SLAUGHTERING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NAIRO VIRUS; PASTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GEOGRAPHY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NAIROVIRUS; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; OVIS ARIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883220921     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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