Epidemiology of hantavirus infections in Germany;Verbreitung von Hantavirus-infektionen in Deutschland

Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 661-670

  Ulrich, R ^a   Meisel, H ^a   Schutt M ^b   Schmidt, J ^a   Kunz, A ^c   Klempa, B ^a   Niedrig, M ^d   Kimmig, P ^e   Pauli, G ^d   Kruger D H ^a   Koch, J ^a,d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c Klinikum am Steinenberg   (Germany)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e Landesgesundheitsamt Baden Württemberg ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Endemic regions; Hantavirus; Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; Nephropathia epidemica; Risk groups; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; STATISTICS; VIRUS INFECTION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GERMANY; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 4344632796     PISSN: 14369990     EISSN: 14371588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00103-004-0858-8     Document Type: Article

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