Seroprevalence of Toscana virus infection in Tunisia

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Fezaa, Ons ^a   Bahri, Olfa ^b   Alaya Bouafif, Nissaf Ben ^c   Triki, Henda ^b   Bouattour, Ali ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^c Ministry of Health   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

ELISA; IFA; Phlebotomus; Toscana virus; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; TOSCANA VIRUS INFECTION; TUNISIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ELISA; IFA; PHLEBOTOMUS; TOSCANA VIRUS; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888429093     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.08.008     Document Type: Article

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