A five-year perspective on the situation of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and status of the hantavirus reservoirs in Europe, 2005-2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 36, 2011, Pages

  Heyman, P ^a   Ceianu, C S ^b   Christova, I ^c   Tordo, N ^d   Beersma, M ^e   Alves, M João ^f   Lundkvist, A ^g   Hukic, M ^h   Papa, A ⁱ   Tenorio, A ^j   Zelena H ^k   Essbauer S ^l   Visontai, I ^m   Golovljova, I ⁿ   Connell, J ^o   Nicoletti, L ^p   Van Esbroeck, M ^q   Dudman, S Gjeruldsen ^r   Aberle, S W ^s   Avsic Zupanc T ^t   Korukluoglu, G ^u   Nowakowska, A ^v   Klempa, B ^w   Ulrich, R G ^x   Bino, S ^y   Engler, O ^z   Opp, M ^aa   Vaheri, A ^ab   more..

^a National Reference Center for Hantavirus Infections   (Belgium)

^b CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE   (Romania)

^c NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^d Institut Pasteur   (France)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge   (Portugal)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

ⁱ ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^j INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^k Zdravotniho ustavu se sidlem v Ostrave   (Czech Republic)

^l BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^m NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

ⁿ NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^o UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^p ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^q INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^r NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^s MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^t UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^u Refik Saydam National Public Health Agency   (Turkey)

^v Voivodeship Sanitary Epidemiological Station   (Poland)

^w INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^x FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^y Institute of Public Health Albania   (Albania)

^z NC Laboratory   (Switzerland)

^aa LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; GERMANY; HANTAVIRUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 80052727492     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.16.36.19961-en     Document Type: Article

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