Hantavirus infections in Spain: Analysis of sera from the general population and from patients with pneumonia, renal disease and hepatitis

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 296-307

  Lledó, Lourdes ^a   Klingström, Jonas ^b,c   Gegúndez, María Isabel ^a   Plyusnina, Angelina ^d   Vapalahti, Olli ^d   Saz, Jose Vicente ^a   Beltrán, María ^a   Sjölander, Katarina Brus ^b,c   Vaheri, Antti ^d   Plyusnin, Alexander ^b,d   Lundkvist, Åke ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Epidemiology; Hantavirus; Serology; Spain

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUUMALA VIRUS; SEOUL VIRUS; SERUM; SPAIN; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PUUMALA VIRUS; SEROTYPING; SPAIN;

EID: 0038149978     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(02)00228-7     Document Type: Article

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