Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Argentina possibility of person to person transmission

Medicina

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 709-711

  Enria, Delia ^a   Padula, Paula ^b   Segura, Elsa L ^b,e   Pini, Noemi ^f   Edelstein, Alexis ^b   Posse, Clara Riva ^c   Weissenbacher, Mercedes C ^d  

^a Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas Dr Julio I Maiztegui   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Nacional de Microbiologia Dr Carlos GMalbran   (Argentina)

^c Min de Salud y Accion Social   (Argentina)

^d Prog Conjunto Las Naciones U   (Uruguay)

^e Admin Nac Laboratorios I   (Argentina)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Hantavirus; Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; Hantavirus transmission

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN;

ARGENTINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS;

EID: 0030309519     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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