Hantavirus Transmission in the United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 361-365

  Wells, Rachel M ^a   Young, Joni ^a   Williams, R Joel ^a   Armstrong, Lori R ^a   Busico, Kristi ^a   Khan, Ali S ^a   Ksiazek, Thomas G ^a   Rollin, Pierre E ^a   Zaki, Sherif R ^a   Nichol, Stuart T ^a   Peters, C J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; RODENT; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRIES; RODENTIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031178844     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0303.970314     Document Type: Article

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