Weighing serological evidence of human exposure to animal influenza viruses − A literature review

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 21, Issue 44, 2016, Pages

  Sikkema, Reina S ^a,b   Freidl, G S ^a,b   de Bruin, E ^b   Koopmans, M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRDS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85013744703     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.44.30388     Document Type: Review

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