An Unusual Hantavirus Outbreak in Southern Argentina: Person-to-Person Transmission?

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-174

  Wells, Rachel M ^a   Estani, Sergio Sosa ^b   Yadon, Zaida E ^c   Enria, Delia ^d   Padula, Paula ^c   Pini, Noemi ^b   Mills, James N ^a   Peters, Clarence J ^a   Segura, Elsa L ^c  

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

^b Inst Nac Chagas Dr Mario F   (Argentina)

^c National Institute for the Production of Biologicals   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031113383     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0302.970210     Document Type: Article

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