Clusters of hantavirus infection, southern Argentina

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 104-110

  Lázaro, Maria E ^a   Cantoni, Gustavo E ^b   Calanni, Liliana M ^c   Resa, Amanda J ^d   Herrero, Eduardo R ^b   Iacono, Marisa A ^c   Enria, Delia A ^e   González Cappa, Stella M ^f  

^a Hospital Zonal Bariloche   (Argentina)

^b Unidad Regional de Epidemiología Y Salud Ambiental   (Argentina)

^c Hospital Castro Rendon   (Argentina)

^d Hospital de Area El Bolson   (Argentina)

^e Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas Dr Julio I Maiztegui   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33846054038     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1301.060404     Document Type: Article

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