New focus of Kyasanur Forest disease virus activity in a tribal area in Kerala, India, 2014

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Tandale, Babasaheb V ^a   Balakrishnan, Anukumar ^b   Yadav, Pragya D ^a   Marja, Noona ^c   Mourya, Devendra T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^b National Institute of Virology Kerala Unit   (India)

^c Deputy District Medical Officer ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Flavivirus; Hemorrhagic fever; India; Kyasanur forest disease; Ticks

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLAVIVIRIDAE; GENE SEQUENCE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HEADACHE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; INDIA; KYASANUR FOREST DISEASE; KYASANUR FOREST DISEASE VIRUS; MALE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 85006189032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-015-0044-2     Document Type: Article

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