Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in the Province of Rio Negro, argentina, 1993-199

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 191-196

  Cantoni, Gustavo ^a   Lazaro, María ^b   Resa, Amanda ^c   Arellano, Odila ^d   Amestoy, Ana María ^e   De Bunder, Sabrina ^a   Herrero, Eduardo ^a   Perez, Alicia ^a   Larrieu, Edmundo ^d,f  

^a IV Sanitary Zone   (Argentina)

^b San Carlos de Bariloche Hospital   (Argentina)

^c El Bolsón Hospital   (Argentina)

^d Provincial Council of Public Health   (Argentina)

^e National Institute of Epidemiology   (Argentina)

^f NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hantavirus; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RODENT; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RODENTIA; SEASONS;

EID: 0031174984     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651997000400002     Document Type: Article

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