Serological evidence of human hantavirus infection in Argentina, Bolivia and Uruguay

Medicina

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-22

  Weissenbacher, Mercedes C ^a,e   Cura, Estela ^b   Segura, Elsa L ^b   Hortal, Maria ^c   Baek, Luc Ju ^d   Chu, Yong Kyu ^d   Lee, Ho Lee ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Ministerio de Salud de la Nación   (Argentina)

^c Labs Ctrl de Salud Públics   (Uruguay)

^d Asan Medecal Center   (South Korea)

^e PAHO/ WHO ^*  (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Hantaan hemorrhagic fever; Hantaan virus; Seroprevalence of hantaan virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOLIVIA; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAGUAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; URUGUAY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARGENTINA; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PARAGUAY; RATS; SEROLOGY; URUGUAY;

EID: 0029686470     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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