Seroprevalence of Sindbis virus and associated risk factors in northern Sweden

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1559-1565

  Ahlm, C ^a   Eliasson, M ^a   Vapalahti, O ^b,c   Evander, M ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arboviruses; epidemiology; risk assessment; Sindbis virus; zoonoses

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; SINDBIS VIRUS; SWEDEN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SINDBIS VIRUS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84901412107     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813002239     Document Type: Article

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