Evidence against infection with hantaviruses among forest and park workers in the southwestern United States

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 283-285

  Vitek, Charles R ^a   Ksiazek, Thomas G ^b   Peters, C J ^b   Breiman, Robert F ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOREST WORKER; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029830680     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.2.283     Document Type: Article

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