A novel AP92-like Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus strain, Greece

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 590-593

  Papa, Anna ^a   Chaligiannis, Ilias ^a,b   Kontana, Natasa ^a   Sourba, Tatiana ^c   Tsioka, Katerina ^a   Tsatsaris, Andreas ^d   Sotiraki, Smaragda ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Veterinary Research Institute   (Greece)

^c Argos Orestiko Health Center   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

AP92 like strain; Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Greece; Ticks

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS RNA; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; FEMALE; GOAT; GREECE; HUMAN; HYALOMMA DROMEDARII; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; MALE; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RHIPICEPHALUS CAMICASI; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; TICK; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NAIROVIRUS; PARASITOLOGY; RHIPICEPHALUS; SHEEP DISEASES; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; IXODIDA; OVIS ARIES; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; GREECE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RHIPICEPHALUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84904068577     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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