A model of laboratory surveillance for neuro-arbovirosis applied during 2012 in the Emilia-Romagna region, Italy

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 672-677

  Pierro, A ^a   Landini, M P ^a,b   Gaibani, P ^a   Rossini, G ^a   Vocale, C ^a   Finarelli, A C ^c   Cagarelli, R ^c   Sambri, V ^b,d   Varani, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Public Health Authority Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^d Unit of Microbiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chikungunya virus; Dengue virus; Italy; Laboratory surveillance; Neuro arbovirosis; Tick borne encephalitis virus; Toscana virus; Usutu virus; West nile virus

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHILD; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SUMMER; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; TOSCANA VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENCEPHALITIS, ARBOVIRUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARBOVIRUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ENCEPHALITIS, ARBOVIRUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904870660     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12436     Document Type: Article

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