Ongoing Activity of Toscana Virus Genotype A and West Nile Virus Lineage 1 Strains in Turkey: A Clinical and Field Survey

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 480-491

  Ocal, M ^a   Orsten, S ^a   Inkaya, A C ^a   Yetim, E ^a   Acar, N P ^a   Alp, S ^a   Erisoz Kasap, O ^a   Gunay, F ^a   Arsava, E M ^a   Alten, B ^a   Ozkul, A ^b   Us, D ^a   Niedrig, M ^c   Ergunay, K ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Sandfly fever; Toscana virus; Turkey; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANOPHELES MACULIPENNIS; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARBOVIRUS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; CULEX PIPIENS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCYTOPENIA; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS HALEPENSIS; PHLEBOTOMUS MAJOR; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERFILIEWI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PHLEBOTOMUS SIMICI; PSYCHODIDAE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOSCANA VIRUS GENOTYPE A; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BUNYAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TURKEY; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; ZOONOSIS;

TOSCANA VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHODIDAE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TURKEY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84907956081     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12096     Document Type: Article

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