Hantavirus infection among wild small mammals in Vellore, South India

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 336-340

  Chandy, S ^a   Ulrich, R G ^b   Schlegel, M ^b   Petraityte, R ^c   Sasnauskas, K ^c   Prakash, D J ^d   Balraj, V ^a   Abraham, P ^a   Sridharan, G ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d VOORHEES COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bandicoot rat; Black rat; Hantavirus; House mouse; India; Shrew

Indexed keywords

THAILAND VIRUS ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BANDICOTA; BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD STORAGE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INDIA; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHREW; SMALL MAMMAL; THOTTAPALAYAM VIRUS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZOONOSIS;

BANDICOOT RAT; BLACK RAT; HANTAVIRUS; HOUSE MOUSE; INDIA; SHREW;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MURIDAE; ZOONOSES;

HANTAAN VIRUS; HANTAVIRUS; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; THAILAND VIRUS;

EID: 84880326007     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01532.x     Document Type: Article

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