Symptomatic human hantavirus in the Americas [4]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 345-346

  Clement, Jan ^a,d   Neild, Guy H ^b   Maes, Piet ^a   Leirs, Herwig ^c   Matthys, Patrick ^a   Van Ranst, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; SEOUL VIRUS; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 33846665327     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1302.061023     Document Type: Letter

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