Outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, Los Santos, Panama, 1999-2000

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1635-1642

  Bayard, Vicente ^a,b   Kitsutani, Paul T ^c,j   Barria, Eduardo O ^a   Ruedas, Luis A ^d   Tinnin, David S ^e   Muñoz, Carlos ^f   De Mosca, Itza B ^f   Guerrero, Gladys ^g   Kant, Rudick ^h   Garcia, Arsenio ^a   Caceres, Lorenzo ^a   Gracia, Fernando G ^a   Quiroz, Evelia ^a   De Castillo, Zoila ^a   Armien, Blas ^a   Libel, Mario ^h   Mills, James N ^c   Khan, Ali S ^c   Nichol, Stuart T ^c   Rollin, Pierre E ^c   Ksiazek, Thomas G ^c   Peters, Clarence J ⁱ   more..

^a GORGAS MEMORIAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f Ministry of Health   (Panama)

^g Caja de Seguro Social   (Panama)

^h PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANAMA; SEROLOGY; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 4444316944     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1009.040143     Document Type: Article

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