Hantavirus Infection: a review and global update

Hantaviruses have the potential to cause two different types of diseases in human: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). HFRS, initially described clinically at the turn of the 20th century, occurs endemically in the Asian and European continents, whil...

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Main Author: Zhenqiang Bi, Pierre B.H. Formenty, Cathy E. Roth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2008-02-01
Series:Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
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Online Access:http://www.oloep.org/jidc/content.asp?id=1153