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Post-epidemic serosurvey of West Nile fever in Israel

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Acknowledgement

Financial support for this study was provided by the Ministry of Health, Israel. The study was conducted in compliance with the current laws in Israel.

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  1. Infectious Diseases Unit, Meir Medical Center, 59 Tsharnichovski Street, Kfar Saba, 44281, Israel

    M. Y. Chowers

  2. Israel Center for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Tel Hashomer, Israel

    M. S. Green, Z. Kaufman & R. Dichtiar

  3. Central Virology Laboratory, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Tel Hashomer, Israel

    H. Bin & E. Mendelson

  4. Infectious Diseases Unit, Rabin Medical Center, Belinson Campus, Petach-Tikva, Israel

    M. Weinberger

  5. Department of Internal Medicine C, Rabin Medical Center, Belinson Campus, Petach-Tikva, Israel

    S. Pitlik

  6. Department of Internal Medicine, Rabin Medical Center, Belinson Campus, Petach-Tikva, Israel

    J. Bishara

  7. Department of Internal Medicine E, Soroka University Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    F. Schlaeffer

  8. Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel

    S. Segev

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Chowers, M.Y., Green, M.S., Bin, H. et al. Post-epidemic serosurvey of West Nile fever in Israel. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 24, 851–853 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-005-0061-3

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