Letter to the editor: Diagnostic challenges to be considered regarding zika virus in the context of the presence of the vector aedes albopictus in Europe

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Vorou, Rengina ^a  

^a Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LETTER; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; WEST NILE FEVER; YELLOW FEVER; ZIKA INFECTION; ZIKA VIRUS DETECTION; AEDES; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ZIKA VIRUS;

EID: 85004001387     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.10.30161     Document Type: Letter

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