Pathogenic hantaviruses, northeastern Argentina and eastern Paraguay

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1211-1214

  Padula, Paula ^a   Martinez, Valeria P ^a   Bellomo, Carla ^a   Maidana, Silvina ^a   San Juan, Jorge ^b   Tagliaferri, Paulina ^c   Bargardi, Severino ^d   Vazquez, Cynthia ^e   Colucci, Norma ^e   Estévez, Julio ^f   Almiron, María ^g  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

^c Hospital de Pediatría de Posadas   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MISIONES   (Argentina)

^e LABORATORIO CENTRAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Paraguay)

^f Laboratorio de Alta Complejidad de Misiones   (Argentina)

^g Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Nacional de Asuncion   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDES VIRUS; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAGUAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICE RAT; RODENT; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 34548445483     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1308.061090     Document Type: Article

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