West Nile Virus Seroprevalence in Blood Donors from Central Anatolia, Turkey

ERGÜNAY K., Saygan M. B., Aydogan S., Menemenlioglu D., Turan H. M., ÖZKUL A., ...More

VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES, vol.10, no.8, pp.771-775, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 10 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0130
  • Journal Name: VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.771-775
  • Keywords: Anatolia, Dengue, ELISA, IIFT, PRNA, Turkey, West Nile virus, WNV, Yellow fever, IMMUNOGLOBULIN-G AVIDITY, ENCEPHALITIS, ANTIBODY, DIFFERENTIATION, PERSISTENCE, INFECTIONS, DYNAMICS, DISEASE
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: West Nile virus (WNV) is a reemerging flavivirus that has displayed a drastic change in epidemiology in the last decade. Data on WNV activity in Turkey are currently limited. This study investigated WNV exposure in blood donors from Central Anatolia, Turkey.