Epizootiology of Hantavirus infections in baltimore: Isolation of a virus from Norway rats, and characteristics of infected rat populations

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 55-68

  Childs, James E ^a   Korch, George W ^a   Glass, Gregory E ^a   Leduc, James W ^b   Shah, Keerti V ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease reservolrs; Hemorrhagic fever, epidemic; Rattus norvogkus

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; MALE; MARYLAND; MURIDAE; RATS; SEASONS; SEXUAL MATURATION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0023239094     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114662     Document Type: Article

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