Mayaro virus fever in French Guiana: Isolation, identification, and seroprevalence

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 452-456

  Talarmin, Antoine ^a   Chandler, Laura J ^b   Kazanji, Mirdad ^a   De Thoisy, Benoit ^c   Debon, Philippe ^d   Lelarge, Josiane ^a   Labeau, Bhetty ^a   Bourreau, Eliane ^a   Vié, Jean Christophe ^c   Shope, Robert E ^b   Sarthou, Jean Louis ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LA GUYANE   (French Guiana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c Programme Faune Sauvage   (French Guiana)

^d Groupement du Serv Militaire Appl   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALPHA VIRUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; FRENCH GUIANA; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; TOGAVIRUS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0031702832     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.452     Document Type: Article

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