Determination of natural versus laboratory human infection with Mayaro virus by molecular analysis

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 511-513

  Junt, T ^a,b   Heraud, J M ^a   Lelarge, J ^a   Labeau, B ^a   Talarmin, A ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LA GUYANE   (French Guiana)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; TOGAVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOGAVIRIDAE; TOGAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033388310     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899003180     Document Type: Article

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