Ecology and evolution of hantavirus in the Southern Cone of America;Ecología y evolución de hantavirus en el Cono Sur de América

Archivos de Medicina Veterinaria

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-20

  Murua, R ^a   Padula, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ecology; Evolution; Hantavirus; South Am rica

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; MURIDAE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ARVICOLINAE; HANTAVIRUS; MICROTUS; MURIDAE; MURINAE; RODENTIA; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 4344669361     PISSN: 0301732X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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