Outbreak of Hantavirus infection in the Four Corners region of the United States in the wake of the 1997-1998 El Nino-Southern oscillation

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1569-1573

  Hjelle, Brian ^a,b,d   Glass, Gregory E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Tricore Laboratories   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HANTAVIRUS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK FACTOR; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; COLORADO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEW MEXICO; PEROMYSCUS; POPULATION DENSITY; RAIN; UTAH; WEATHER;

EID: 0034048170     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315467     Document Type: Article

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