Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus in employees and mice at multipremises feeder-rodent operation, United States, 2012

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 240-247

  Knust, Barbara ^a   Ströher, Ute ^a   Edison, Laura ^a,b   Albariño, César G ^a   Lovejoy, Jodi ^c   Armeanu, Emilian ^d   House, Jennifer ^e   Cory, Denise ^f   Horton, Clayton ^g   Fowler, Kathy L ^h   Austin, Jessica ^g   Poe, John ^h   Humbaugh, Kraig E ^h   Guerrero, Lisa ^a   Campbell, Shelley ^a   Gibbons, Aridth ^a   Reed, Zachary ^a   Cannon, Deborah ^a   Manning, Craig ^a   Petersen, Brett ^a   Metcalf, Douglas ^c   Marsh, Bret ^c   Nichol, Stuart T ^a   Rollin, Pierre E ^a   more..

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Suite 50 Indianapolis 46224 USA   (United States)

^d Deaconess Hospital Evansville   (United States)

^e INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f Vanderburgh County Health Department   (United States)

^g Green River District Health Department Kentucky   (United States)

^h Kentucky Department for Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; INDIANA; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RODENT-BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VIRAL MENINGITIS; VIRUSES; ZOONOTIC DISEASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYLOGENY; RATS; RNA, VIRAL; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892572167     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2002.130860     Document Type: Article

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