Co-Circulation of Toscana Virus and Punique Virus in Northern Tunisia: A Microneutralisation-Based Seroprevalence Study

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Sakhria, Sonia ^a   Bichaud, Laurence ^b,c   Mensi, Mohamed ^d   Salez, Nicolas ^b   Dachraoui, Khalil ^a   Thirion, Laurence ^b   Cherni, Saifedine ^a   Chelbi, Ifhem ^a   De Lamballerie, Xavier ^b,c   Zhioua, Elyes ^a   Charrel, Rémi N ^b,c  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Aix Marseille University IRD 190 Inserm 1207   (France)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^d Governorate of Bizerte   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PUNV NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; TOSV NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHLEBOVIRUS; PHLEBOVIRUS INFECTION; PUNIQUE VIRUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TOSCANA VIRUS; TUNISIA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884686053     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002429     Document Type: Article

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