Cross-sectional survey of hantavirus infection, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1981-1983

  Limongi, Jean E ^a,b   Da Costa, Fabíola C ^a   Pinto, Rogério M C ^a   De Oliveira, Renata C ^c   Bragagnolo, Camila ^c   Lemos, Elba R S ^c   De Paula, Márcia B C ^b   Pajuaba Neto, Adalberto A ^b   Ferreira, Marcelo S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b Department of Public Health ^*  (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HANTAVIRUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 73949128902     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1512.090229     Document Type: Review

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