An outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in western Paraguay

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 274-282

  Williams, R Joel ^a   Bryan, Ralph T ^b,i   Mills, James N ^a   Palma, R Eduardo ^c   Vera, Ivan ^d   De Velasquez, Floria ^e   Baez, Eugenio ^f   Schmidt, Wesley E ^g   Figueroa, Ruben E ^h   Peters, Clarence J ^a   Zaki, Sherif R ^a   Khan, Ali S ^a   Ksiazek, Thomas G ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CDC Hantavirus Project   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d Asoc Civ Mennonita Colonia F   (Paraguay)

^e Hospital de Loma Plata   (Paraguay)

^f Arbo and Baez Asociados   (Paraguay)

^g Rca Argentina y Campos Cervera   (Paraguay)

^h Organizacion Panamericana la Salud   (Paraguay)

ⁱ Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; PARAGUAY; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CALOMYS LAUCHA; CONVICT CREEK 107 VIRUS; HANTAVIRUS; RODENTIA; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS;

EID: 0030967907     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.274     Document Type: Article

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