Serological and genetic evidence for the presence of Seoul hantavirus in Rattus norvegicus in Flanders, Belgium

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-56

  Heyman, Paul ^a   Baert, K ^b   Plyusnina, A ^f   Cochez, C ^a   Lundkvist, A ^c   van Esbroeck, M ^d   Goossens, E ^e   Vandenvelde, C ^a   Plyusnin, A ^f   Stuyck, J ^b  

^a QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d Institute of Tropical Medicine   (Finland)

^e VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEOUL VIRUS; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS STRAIN; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BELGIUM; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES; SEOUL VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 58049206789     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540802459994     Document Type: Article

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