Genetic diversity and epidemiology of hantaviruses in Argentina

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 529-538

  Levis, Silvana ^b   Morzunov, Sergey P ^b   Rowe, Joan E ^b   Enria, Delia ^b   Pini, Noemi ^b   Calderon, Gladys ^b   Sabattini, Martha ^b   St Jeor, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0031910598     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514221     Document Type: Article

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