Hantavirus and arenavirus antibody prevalence in rodents and humans in Trentino, Northern Italy

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 830-836

  Kallio Kokko, Hannimari ^a,b   Laakkonen, J ^a,c   Rizzoli, A ^d   Tagliapietra, V ^d   Cattadori, I ^e   Perkins, S E ^e   Hudson, P J ^e   Cristofolini, A ^f   Versini, W ^f   Vapalahti, O ^a,b,g   Vaheri, A ^a,b   Henttonen, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Centre for Alpine Ecology   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^f Occupational Medicine Unit   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARENAVIRUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PUUMALA VIRUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RODENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VOLE; WILD TYPE; WORKER;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARENAVIRUS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RODENTIA;

EID: 33745554260     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805005431     Document Type: Article

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