Risk factors for Nipah virus infection among abattoir workers in Singapore

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1760-1763

  Chew, Madeleine H L ^a   Arguin, Paul M ^d   Shay, David K ^d   Goh, Kee Tai ^a   Rollin, Pierre E ^d   Shieh, Wun Ju ^d   Zaki, Sherif R ^d   Rota, Paul A ^d   Ling, Ai Ee ^b   Ksiazek, Thomas G ^d   Chew, Suok Kai ^c   Anderson, Larry J ^d  

^a 21 00 Environment Building   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ABATTOIRS; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALAYSIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0034091573     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315443     Document Type: Article

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