High prevalence of hantavirus infection in Indian communities of the Paraguayan and Argentinean Gran Chaco

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 438-444

  Ferrer, Jorge F ^a   Jonsson, Colleen B ^b   Esteban, Eduardo ^c   Galligan, David ^a   Basombrio, Miguel A ^d   Peralta Ramos, Monica ^a   Bharadwaj, Mausumi ^e   Torrez Martinez, Norah ^e   Callahan, John ^b   Segovia, Amalia ^d   Hjelle, Brian ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b New Mexico State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAGUAY; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031657256     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.438     Document Type: Article

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