Serological and molecular detection of Toscana and other Phleboviruses in patients and sandflies in Tunisia

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fezaa, Ons ^a   M'ghirbi, Youmna ^a   Savellini, Gianni Gori ^b   Ammari, Lamia ^c   Hogga, Nahed ^a   Triki, Henda ^a   Cusi, Maria Grazia ^b   Bouattour, Ali ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

ELISA; Nested RT PCR; Phlebotomus; Phlebovirus; Punique virus; Sandflies; Sandfly Fever Sicilian virus; Toscana virus; Tunisia; Viral isolation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGISM; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAPHLEBOTOMUS ALEXANDRI; PARAPHLEBOTOMUS CHABAUDI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ARIASI; PHLEBOTOMUS LANGERONI; PHLEBOTOMUS LONGICUSPIS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERFILIEWI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; PHLEBOVIRUS; PHLEBOVIRUS INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; PUNIQUE VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS; SERGENTOMYIA ANTENNATA; SERGENTOMYIA CHRISTOPHERSI; SERGENTOMYIA DREYFUSSI; SERGENTOMYIA FALLAX; SERGENTOMYIA MINUTA PARROTI; SUMMER; TOSCANA VIRUS; TOSCANA VIRUS INFECTION; TUNISIA; VERO CELL LINE; VIRUS ISOLATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BUNYAVIRUS INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHODIDAE; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHLEBOVIRUS; PSYCHODIDAE; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84965187373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-014-0598-9     Document Type: Article

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