Short report: Simultaneous occurrence of Dobrava, Puumala, and Tula hantaviruses in Slovakia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 409-411

  Sibold, Claus ^a   Meisel, Helga ^a   Lundkvist, Åke ^b   Schulz, Angela ^a   Cifire, Felix ^a   Ulrich, Rainer ^a   Kozuch, Oto ^c   Labuda, Milan ^d   Krüger, Detlev H ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DOBRAVA VIRUS; FOREST WORKER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HANTAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; PUUMALA VIRUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SLOVAKIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

APODEMUS AGRARIUS; DOBRAVA VIRUS; HANTAAN VIRUS; HANTAVIRUS; PUUMALA VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032868861     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.409     Document Type: Article

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