A new Puumala hantavirus subtype in rodents associated with an outbreak of Nephropathia epidemica in South-East Germany in 2004

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1333-1344

  Essbauer, Sandra ^a   Schmidt, J ^b,c   Conraths, F J ^b   Friedrich, R ^b   Koch, J ^d   Hautmann, W ^e   Pfeffer, M ^a   Wolfel R ^a   Finke, J ^a   Dobler, G ^a   Ulrich, R ^b  

^a BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e BAYERISCHES LANDESAMT FÜR GESUNDHEIT UND LEBENSMITTELSICHERHEIT   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PUUMALA VIRUS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 33750354425     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806006170     Document Type: Article

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