Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in northwestern Argentina: Circulation of Laguna Negra virus associated with Calomys callosus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 658-663

  Levis, Silvana ^a   Garcia, Jorge ^a   Pini, Noemí ^a   Calderón, Gladys ^a   Ramírez, Josefina ^b   Bravo, Daniel ^c   St Jeor, Stephen ^d   Ripoll, Carlos ^e   Bego, Mariana ^d   Lozano, Elena ^b   Barquez, Rubén ^f   Ksiazek, Thomas G ^g   Enria, Delia ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas Dr Julio I Maiztegui   (Argentina)

^b Hospital San Miguel   (Argentina)

^c Hospital Oscar Orias   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Dir de Epidemiología   (Argentina)

^f FUNDACIÓN MIGUEL LILLO   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; LAGUNA NEGRA VIRUS; LUNG; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAGUAY; PHYLOGENY; RODENT; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS GENOME;

AKODON; AKODON SIMULATOR; ANIMALIA; CALOMYS; CALOMYS CALLOSUS; CALOMYS LAUCHA; CONVICT CREEK 107 VIRUS; HANTAVIRUS; LAGUNA; LAGUNA NEGRA VIRUS; ORAN VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; RODENTIA;

EID: 10044279335     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.658     Document Type: Article

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