Lassa fever;LA FIEVRE DE LASSA

Annales de l'Institut Pasteur/Actualites

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-231

  Bausch, Daniel G ^a   Rollin, Pierre E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBAVIRIN;

ARENAVIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LASSA FEVER; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ARENAVIRUS;

EID: 0031455641     PISSN: 09244204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4204(97)87656-1     Document Type: Article

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