Prevalence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus antibodies in Greek residents in the area where the AP92 strain was isolated

Hippokratia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 322-325

  Sidira, P ^a   Nikza, P ^b   Danis, K ^c   Panagiotopoulos, T ^d   Samara, D ^b   Maltezou, H C ^c   Papa, Anna ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Naoussa General Hospital   (Greece)

^c Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; Greece; Seroprevalence; Strain AP92

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; OFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 84892409942     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: 17908019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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