Molecular Epidemiology of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Kosovo

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-

  Fajs, Luka ^a   Jakupi, Xhevat ^b   Ahmeti, Salih ^c   Humolli, Isme ^b   Dedushaj, Isuf ^b   Avšič Županc, Tatjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b National Institute of Public Health   (Serbia)

^c Clinic of Infectious Diseases   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FATALITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOSOVO; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY;

CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOSOVO; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIROLOGY;

EID: 84893778157     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002647     Document Type: Article

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