1. Diagnosis of West Nile Virus Human Infections: Overview and Proposal of Diagnostic Protocols Considering the Results of External Quality Assessment Studies
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Anna Papa, Antonio Tenorio, Stefania Varani, Caterina Vocale, Ernest A. Gould, Giada Rossini, Anna Pierro, Matthias Niedrig, Olivier Donoso-Mantke, Herve Zeller, Rémi N. Charrel, Maria Rosaria Capobianchi, Camille Escadafal, Leticia Franco, Andrea Sanchini, Vittorio Sambri, Ana Vázquez, Francesca Cavrini, Paolo Gaibani, V. Sambri, M. R. Capobianchi, F. Cavrini, R. Charrel, O. Donoso-Mantke, C. Escadafal, L. Franco, P. Gaibani, E. A. Gould, M. Niedrig, A. Papa, A. Pierro, G. Rossini, A. Sanchini, A. Tenorio, S. Varani, A. Vázquez, C. Vocale, and H. Zeller
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Quality Assurance, Health Care ,methods, Humans, Quality Assurance ,West Nile virus ,viruses ,isolation /&/ purification ,lcsh:QR1-502 ,Review ,Clinical Laboratory Technique ,medicine.disease_cause ,Health Care, West Nile Fever ,Asymptomatic ,lcsh:Microbiology ,Virus ,state of the art laboratory diagnostic ,03 medical and health sciences ,Genus Flavivirus ,Neuroinvasive disease ,Virology ,External quality assessment ,medicine ,Humans ,Routine ,external quality assurance ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Clinical Laboratory Techniques ,Diagnostic Tests, Routine ,030306 microbiology ,business.industry ,Diagnostic test ,diagnosis, West Nile viru ,3. Good health ,Biology and Microbiology ,Infectious Diseases ,Health ,Immunology ,methods, Diagnostic Test ,medicine.symptom ,business ,West Nile Fever - Abstract
West Nile virus, genus Flavivirus, is transmitted between birds and occasionally other animals by ornithophilic mosquitoes. This virus also infects humans causing asymptomatic infections in about 85% of cases and
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- 2013