The epidemic west Nile virus strain in Greece was a recent introduction

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 719-722

  Dimou, Vassiliki ^a   Gerou, Spyros ^a   Papa, Anna ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Humans; Seroprevalence; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; BLOOD; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884637090     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1318     Document Type: Article

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