Sin nombre virus infection in deer mice, Channel Islands, California

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1965-1966

  Orrock, John L ^a   Allan, Brian F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

BLOOD SAMPLING; COREOPSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HABITAT; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEROMYSCUS; SEROPREVALENCE; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CALIFORNIA; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; PEROMYSCUS; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS;

EID: 57049141021     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1412.080935     Document Type: Letter

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