Risk factors for hantavirus infection in Germany, 2005

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1364-1366

  Sin, Muna Abu ^a   Stark, Klaus ^a   Van Treeck, Ulrich ^b   Dieckmann, Helga ^c   Uphoff, Helmut ^d   Hautmann, Wolfgang ^e   Bornhofen, Bernhard ^f   Jensen, Evelin ^g   Pfaff, Günter ^h   Koch, Judith ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Institute of Public Health   (Germany)

^c Regional Health Authority   (Germany)

^d Government Health Service Institute   (Germany)

^e Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

^f Institute for Hygiene and Infection Control   (Germany)

^g Thuringian State Authority for Food Safety and Consumer Protection   (Germany)

^h State Health Office   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34848826220     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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