Nephropathia epidemica and Puumala virus in Austria

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 467-472

  Aberle, S W ^a   Lehner, P ^b   Ecker, M ^a   Aberle, J H ^a   Arneitz, K ^b   Khanakah, G ^c   Radda, A ^a   Radda, I ^a   Popow Kraupp, T ^a   Kunz, C ^a   Heinz, F X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUUMALA VIRUS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOLE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MURIDAE; PHYLOGENY; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0032710388     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050325     Document Type: Article

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