Serological evidence of West Nile Virus infection among humans in the southern Provinces of Morocco

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 999-1002

  El Rhaffouli, Hicham ^a   Lahlou Amine, Idriss ^a   Lotfi, Chafiqua ^b   Laraqui, Abdellilah ^a   Bajjou, Tahar ^a   Fassi Fihri, Ouafaa ^c   El Harrak, Mehdi ^b  

^a MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b Laboratoire Bio Pharma   (Morocco)

^c Department of Agricultural Engineering   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Morocco; Serology; Virus neutralization test; West Nile Virus; WNV strain 96 111

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VERY ELDERLY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890520433     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.3399     Document Type: Article

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