Predicting high risk for human hantavirus infections, Sweden

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-106

  Olsson, Gert E ^a,b,c   Hjertqvist, Marika ^a   Lundkvist, Åke ^a,d   Hörnfeldt, Birger ^e  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CRUSH SYNDROME; FORECASTING; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PUUMALA VIRUS; RODENT; SWEDEN; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUUMALA VIRUS; RISK; RODENT DISEASES; SWEDEN;

EID: 58849130278     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1501.080502     Document Type: Article

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