Serological, Molecular and Entomological Surveillance Demonstrates Widespread Circulation of West Nile Virus in Turkey

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Ergunay, Koray ^a   Gunay, Filiz ^a   Erisoz Kasap, Ozge ^a   Oter, Kerem ^b   Gargari, Sepandar ^c   Karaoglu, Taner ^c   Tezcan, Seda ^d   Cabalar, Mehmet ^e   Yildirim, Yakup ^f   Emekdas, Gürol ^d   Alten, Bulent ^a   Ozkul, Aykut ^c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DNA BARCODING; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HORSE; HUMAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCHLEROTATUS; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS DETECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; BIRD; HEALTH SURVEY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSQUITO; TURKEY; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CULICIDAE; HORSES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; TURKEY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84905483166     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003028     Document Type: Article

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