Review of West Nile virus epidemiology in Italy and report of a case of West Nile virus encephalitis

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 437-441

  Delbue, Serena ^a   Ferrante, Pasquale ^a,b   Mariotto, Sara ^c   Zanusso, Gianluigi ^c   Pavone, Antonino ^d   Chinaglia, Mauro ^e   L’Erario, Roberto ^e   Monaco, Salvatore ^c   Ferrari, Sergio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Health Science Foundation   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d GARIBALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Hospital of Rovigo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lineage; Viral encephalitis; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; INSECT REPELLENT;

ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; ITALY; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS GENOME; WEST NILE ENCEPHALITIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; CASE REPORT; GENETICS; MALE; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84910152296     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: 15382443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13365-014-0276-0     Document Type: Review

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