Human adenovirus type 7 outbreak in police training center, Malaysia, 2011

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 852-854

  Yusof, Mohd Apandi ^a   Rashid, Tengku Rogayah Tengku Abdul ^a   Thayan, Ravindran ^a   Othman, Khairul Azuan ^a   Hasan, Norhasnida Abu ^a   Adnan, Norfaezah ^a   Saat, Zainah ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS 7; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; CAPSID PROTEINS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MILITARY FACILITIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYLOGENY; POLICE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84859836028     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1805.110865     Document Type: Article

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