Oropouche fever outbreak, Manaus, Brazil, 2007-2008

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2063-2064

  Mourão, Maria Paula G ^a,b,c   Bastos, Michelle S ^a   Gimaque, João Bosco L ^a,b   Mota, Bruno Rafaelle ^b   Souza, Giselle S ^d   Grimmer, Gustavo Henrique N ^d   Galusso, Elizabeth S ^a,c   Arruda, Eurico ^e   Figueiredo, Luiz Tadeu M ^e  

^a Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas   (Brazil)

^b Amazonas State University   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NILTON LINS   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO LEÔNIDAS E MARIA DEANE   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARBOVIRUS; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; OROPOUCH FEVER; OROPOUCHE BUNYAVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73949161314     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1512.090917     Document Type: Letter

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