A prospective study of romanian agriculture workers for zoonotic influenza infections

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Coman, Alexandru ^a   Maftei, Daniel N ^a   Krueger, Whitney S ^b   Heil, Gary L ^b   Chereches, Razvan M ^a   Sirlincan, Emanuela ^a   Bria, Paul ^a   Dragnea, Claudiu ^a   Kasler, Iosif ^a   Valentine, Marissa A ^b   Gray, Gregory C ^b  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PIACENZIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SMOKING; SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK; ROMANIA; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROMANIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84901624481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098248     Document Type: Article

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