Evidence of Puumala Hantavirus infection in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Belgium

Veterinary Record

Volumn 147, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 365-366

  Escutenaire, S ^d   Pastoret, P P ^d   Sjölander, K Brus ^a   Heyman, P ^b   Brochier, B ^c   Lundkvist, A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOX; HANTAVIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BELGIUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOXES; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0034706209     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.147.13.365     Document Type: Article

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