A major outbreak of hantavirus infection in Belgium in 1995 and 1996

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 447-453

  Heyman, P ^a   Vervoort, T ^b   Colson, P ^c   Chu, Y K ^d   Avsic Zupanc, T ^e   Lundkvist, A ^f  

^a QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Centre de Sante des Fagnes   (Belgium)

^d Asan Institute for Life Sciences   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^f SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0032765115     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899002344     Document Type: Article

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