Outbreak of Puumala virus infection, Sweden

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 808-810

  Pettersson, Lisa ^a   Boman, Jens ^a,b   Juto, Per ^a   Evander, Magnus ^a   Ahlm, Clas ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Orthodontics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROPATHIA EPIDEMICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUUMALA VIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEATHER;

EID: 45249120389     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1405.071124     Document Type: Article

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