An outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, Chile, 1997

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 687-694

  Toro, Jorge ^a   Vega, Jeanette D ^b,i   Khan, Ali S ^c   Mills, James N ^c   Padula, Paula ^d   Terry, William ^c   Yadón, Zaida ^d   Valderrama, Rosa ^e   Ellis, Barbara A ^c   Pavletic, Carlos ^a   Cerda, Rodrigo ^b   Zaki, Sherif ^c   Wun Ju, Shieh ^c   Meyer, Richard ^c   Tapia, Mauricio ^f   Mansilla, Carlos ^f   Baro, Michel ^g   Vergara, Jose A ^g   Concha, Marisol ^a   Calderon, Gladys ^h   Enria, Delia ^h   Peters, C J ^c   Ksiazek, Thomas G ^c   more..

^a Ministerio de Salud de Chile   (Chile)

^b Pan American Health Organization   (Chile)

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

^d Inst Nac Enferm I   (Argentina)

^e Aysen Region XI Health Services   (Chile)

^f Coyhaique Regional Hospital ^*  (Chile)

^g Llanchipal Health Svcs   (Chile)

^h Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas Dr Julio I Maiztegui   (Argentina)

ⁱ PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; REVIEW; RODENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031728819     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0404.980425     Document Type: Review

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