Retrospective identification of human cases of west nile virus infection in Austria (2009 to 2010) by serological differentiation from Usutu and other flavivirus infections

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 43, 2013, Pages

  Stiasny, K ^a   Aberle, S W ^a   Heinzl, F X ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

AGED; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; USUTU FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 84886643416     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.43.20614     Document Type: Article

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