Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Viruses (VEEV) in Argentina: Serological Evidence of Human Infection

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Pisano, María Belén ^a   Oria, Griselda ^b   Beskow, Geraldine ^b   Aguilar, Javier ^a   Konigheim, Brenda ^a   Cacace, María Luisa ^c   Aguirre, Luis ^d   Stein, Marina ^b   Contigiani, Marta Silvia ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

^c Hospital San Vicente de Paul   (Argentina)

^d Hospital Dante Tardelli   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEWBORN; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS INFECTION; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARGENTINA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892888541     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002551     Document Type: Article

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