Prevalence of antibodies specific to Puumala virus among farmers in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 104-108

  Ahlm, Clas ^a   Thelin, Anders ^b,c   Elgh, Fredrik ^a,d   Juto, Per ^a   Stiernström, Eva Lena ^e   Holmberg, Sara ^e   Tärnvik, Arne ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swed Farmers' Safety Prev Hlth A   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Farmers; Hantavirus; Hemorrhagic fever; Occupational risk; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUUMALA VIRUS; RURAL AREA; SWEDEN; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOLE;

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; HANTAVIRUS; MURIDAE; NEPHROPATHIA; NEPHROPATHIA EPIDEMICA; PUUMALA VIRUS;

EID: 0031781869     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.286     Document Type: Article

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