Prevalence of serum IgG antibodies to Puumala virus (haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome) in Northern Sweden

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 129-136

  Ahlm, C ^a   Linderholm, M ^a   Juto, P ^a   Stegmayr, B ^a   Settergren, B ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUUMALA VIRUS; SWEDEN; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FORESTRY; HANTAVIRUS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0028145126     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800051542     Document Type: Article

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