Hantavirus infection in Anajatuba, Maranhão, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1496-1498

  Mendes, Wellington S ^a,b   Da Silva, Antônio A M ^a   Aragão, Luís F C ^b   Aragão, Nelson J L ^b   Raposo, Maria De L ^c   Elkhoury, Mauro R ^d   Suzuky, Akemi ^e   Ferreira, Ivani B ^e   De Sousa, Luíza Teresinha ^e   Pannuti, Cláudio S ^f  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b Maranhao State Qual of Life Mgmt ^*  (Brazil)

^c Ministry of Health   (Brazil)

^d MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLANTATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 3543016758     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1008.040002     Document Type: Article

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