First detection of Rio Negro virus (Venezuelan equine encephalitis complex subtype VI) in Córdoba, Argentina

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-128

  Pisano, María Belén ^a   Spinsanti, Lorena Ivana ^a   Díaz, Luis Adrián ^a   Farías, Adrián Alejandro ^a   Almirón, Walter Ricardo ^b   Ré, Viviana Elizabeth ^a   Contigiani, Marta Silvia ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Rio negro virus; Venezuelan equine encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVIRUS; EQUIDAE; RIO NEGRO VIRUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84857086635     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000100017     Document Type: Article

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