| confirmed exposure to tick-borne encephalitis virus and probable human cases of tick-borne encephalitis in central/northern anatolia, turkey. | tick-borne encephalitis virus (tbev) is the aetiological agent of tick-borne encephalitis (tbe), a potentially fatal central nervous system infection of humans. tbe is endemic in many areas of europe and asia; however, very scarce data on tbev activity are available from turkey. we aimed to identify tbev exposure in healthy blood donors and the impact of tbev in central nervous system infections in central/northern anatolia. two-thousand four hundred and fifty four sera, collected from blood don ... | 2011 | 20604912 |
| [investigation of dengue virus and yellow fever virus seropositivities in blood donors from central/northern anatolia, turkey.] | dengue virus (denv) and yellow fever virus (yfv) are two of the globally prevalent vector-borne flaviviruses. data on these viruses from turkey is limited to a single study originating from the western, aegean region of turkey, where evidence for denv exposure had been confirmed in residents and presence of hemagglutination inhibiting antibodies against yfv had been revealed. the aim of this study was to investigate the rates of seropositivity of denv and yfv in blood donors from central/norther ... | 2010 | 21063991 |