The challenge of west nile virus in Europe: Knowledge gaps and research priorities

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 2015, Pages

  Rizzoli, A ^a   Jimenez Clavero M A ^b   Barzon, L ^c   Cordioli, P ^d   Figuerola, J ^e   Koraka, P ^f   Martina, B ^f   Moreno, A ^d   Nowotny, N ^g,h   Pardigon, N ⁱ   Sanders, N ^j   Ulbert, S ^k   Tenorio, A ^l  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^h SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

ⁱ INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^j GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^k FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CELL THERAPY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

^l INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOPROTEIN E; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4B; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA; WEST NILE VACCINE;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULEX; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MUTAGENESIS; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVENTION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIREMIA; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN GENE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE NEUROINVASIVE DISEASE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RESEARCH; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84930403033     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.20.21135     Document Type: Review

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