Absence of interhuman transmission of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Minas Gerais, Brazil: Evidence from a serological survey

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1588-1589

  Nunes Araújo, F Regina F ^a   De Nishioka, Sérgio A ^a,c   Ferreira, Ivani B ^b   Suzuki, Akemi ^b   Bonito, Rosuíta F ^a   Ferreira, Marcelo S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALAISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BRAZIL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0033390355     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313547     Document Type: Article

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