Serologic evidence of hantavirus infection in humans, Colombia [6]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2263-2264

  Máttar, Salim ^a,b   Parra, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CÓRDOBA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL SINÚ   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLOMBIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 9744262393     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1012.040821     Document Type: Letter

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