Epidemiologic characteristics and military implications of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Croatia

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 581-586

  Mulić, Rosanda ^a   Ropac, Darko ^a  

^a Naval Medical Institute Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Disease reservoirs; Hantavirus; Hantavirus infections; Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; Military personnel; Rodentia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CRUSH SYNDROME; DISEASE CARRIER; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HANTAVIRUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY PHENOMENA; MORTALITY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PEST CONTROL; PUUMALA VIRUS; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLDIER; VECTOR CONTROL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMALS; CROATIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0036811009     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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