Nonhuman Primate Spumavirus Infections among Persons with Occupational Exposure - United States, 1996

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 129-131

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Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; SPUMA VIRUS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATES; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPUMAVIRUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031566907     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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