Epidemiology of endemic Oropouche virus transmission in upper Amazonian Peru

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 710-716

  Baisley, Kathy J ^a   Watts, Douglas M ^b   Munstermann, Leonard E ^c   Wilson, Mark L ^d  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Virology Program   (Peru)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BUNYAVIRUS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OROPOUCHE BUNYAVIRUS; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031755572     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.710     Document Type: Article

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