Evidence of hantavirus in wild rodents in Northern Ireland

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 361-365

  McCaughey, C ^a   Montgomery, W I ^b   Twomey, N ^b   Addley, M ^b   O'Neill, H J ^a   Coyle, P V ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; HANTAVIRUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RODENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029963716     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800001540     Document Type: Article

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