Sin nombre virus infection in field workers, Colorado, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 308-310

  Torres Pérez, Fernando ^a   Wilson, Linda ^b   Collinge, Sharon K ^c   Harmon, Heath ^b   Ray, Chris ^c   Medina, Rafael A ^d   Hjelle, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Boulder County Public Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEROMYSCUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; COLORADO; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEROMYSCUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RODENT DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76149128355     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1602.090735     Document Type: Article

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