Threat of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome to field biologists working with small mammals

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1285-1287

  Kelt, Douglas A ^a   Van Vuren, Dirk H ^a   Hafner, Mark S ^b   Danielson, Brent J ^c   Kelly, Marcella J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RODENT; SHORT SURVEY; SMALL MAMMAL;

EID: 34848879177     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1309.070445     Document Type: Short Survey

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