Low seroprevalence among farmers from Nebraska and vicinity suggests low level of human exposure to Sin Nombre virus

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-61

  Gardner, Scott L ^a   Von Essen, Susanna ^b   Berger, Joel ^c   Hjelle, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIN NOMBRE VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; NEBRASKA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS;

EID: 24044538934     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v10n01_09     Document Type: Article

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