Pygmy populations seronegative for Marburg virus [7]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 174-177

  Borchert, Matthias ^a,f   Mulangu, Sabue ^b   Swanepoel, Robert ^c   Tshomba, Antoine ^d   Afounde, Afongenda ^e   Kulidri, Amayo ^e   Muyembe Tamfum, Jean Jacques ^b   Van Der Stuyft, Patrick ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Inst de Rech Biomédicale   (Congo)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^d Hopital General de Kilo Moto   (Congo)

^e Ministry of Health   (Congo)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LETTER; MALE; MARBURG VIRUS; MINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PYGMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 11844258215     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1101.040377     Document Type: Letter

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