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. 2017 May;23(5):733-739.
doi: 10.3201/eid2305.161770.

Exposure Characteristics of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Patients, United States, 1993-2015

Annabelle de St Maurice, Elizabeth Ervin, Mare Schumacher, Hayley Yaglom, Elizabeth VinHatton, Sandra Melman, Ken Komatsu, Jennifer House, Dallin Peterson, Danielle Buttke, Alison Ryan, Del Yazzie, Craig Manning, Paul Ettestad, Pierre Rollin, Barbara Knust

Exposure Characteristics of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Patients, United States, 1993-2015

Annabelle de St Maurice et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 May.

Abstract

Those at highest risk are persons in occupations with potential for rodent exposure and American Indian women 40--64 years of age.

Keywords: United States; hantavirus; hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; occupation; viruses; zoonoses.

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