Are humans infected by Hantaviruses in Australia?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 672-674

  Bi, Peng ^a   Cameron, S ^a,c   Higgins, G ^b   Burrell, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Hantavirus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HANTAVIRUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; REVIEW; RODENT; SHIPPING; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WARD;

AUSTRALIA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 28244481815     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2005.00954.x     Document Type: Review

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