Seroprevalence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in southeastern Bulgaria

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 397-398

  Gergova, Ivanka ^a   Kamarinchev, Bozhin ^a  

^a MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

CCHFV; CCHFV seroprevalence; Indirect IFA assay

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIVESTOCK; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK BITE; URBAN AREA; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; AGED; BLOOD; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NAIROVIRUS; VERY ELDERLY;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BULGARIA; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907271914     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.67.397     Document Type: Article

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