Antibody levels to hantavirus in inhabitants of western Santa Catarina State, Brazil;Níveis de anticorpos para hantavírus em habitantes da região Oeste de Santa Catarina, Brasil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 193-196

  de Souza, William Marciel ^a   Machado, Alex Martins ^a   Disner, Geonildo Rodrigo ^b   Boff, Everton ^b   Machado, Aline Rafaela da Silva Rodrigues ^a   de Padua, Michelly ^a   Figueiredo, Luiz Tadeu Moraes ^a   de Miranda, Gustavo Borba ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO OESTE DE SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Argentina; Brazil; Epidemiology; Hantavirus; Santa Catarina

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN N; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAZIL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864973985     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652012000400002     Document Type: Article

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