Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome outbreak in Argentina: Molecular evidence for person-to-person transmission of Andes virus

Virology

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 323-330

  Padula, P J ^a   Edelstein, A ^a   Miguel, S D L ^a   Lopez N M ^a   Rossi, C M ^a   Rabinovich, R D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Bunyaviridae; Chile; Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome; Person to person transmission

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILE; EPIDEMIC; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANDES VIRUS; ARGENTINA (FISH); BUNYAVIRIDAE; HANTAVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032519398     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1997.8976     Document Type: Article

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