First case of laboratory-confirmed zika virus infection imported into Europe, November 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Tappe, D ^a,b   Rissland, J ^b   Gabriel, M ^a   Emmerich, P ^a   Gunther S ^a   Held, G ^c   Smola, S ^b   Schmidt Chanasit, J ^a,b  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Hamburg Lübeck Borstel Riems partner site   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMPORT DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND;

EID: 84893346074     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.4.20685     Document Type: Article

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