Seroepidemiological survey of hantavirus infection in healthy people in Vallès Occidental, Barcelona

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 697-700

  Sanfeliu, Isabel ^a   Nogueras, Maria Mercedes ^b   Gegúndez, María Isabel ^c   Segura, Ferran ^b,d   Lledó, Lourdes ^c   Font, Bernat ^b   Saz, José Vicente ^c  

^a UDIAT Diagnostic Center   (Spain)

^b Parc Taulí Health Corporation   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hantavirus; Serology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUUMALA VIRUS; SEOUL VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HANTAAN VIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUUMALA VIRUS; SEOUL VIRUS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; HANTAAN VIRUS; HANTAVIRUS; PUUMALA VIRUS; RODENTIA; SEOUL VIRUS;

EID: 79959390496     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0165     Document Type: Article

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