Prevalence of antibodies against hantaviruses among the adult population of the Czech Republic

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 169-172

  Pejcoch M ^a,b   Kriz B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b Zdravotniho ustavu se sidlem v Ostrave   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adult population; Czech Republic; Hantaviruses; Prevalence of antibodies

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUUMALA VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RODENTIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0141559013     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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