The epidemic characteristics and changing trend of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Hubei Province, China.

The epidemic characteristics and changing trend of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Hubei Province, China.

BACKGROUND: Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is caused by different hantaviruses within the Bunyaviridae family. HFRS is a fulminant, infectious disease that occurs worldwide and is endemic in all 31 provinces of China. Since the first HFRS case in Hubei Province was reported in 1957, th...

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Main Authors: Yi-Hui Zhang, Liang Ge, Li Liu, Xi-Xiang Huo, Hai-Rong Xiong, Yuan-Yuan Liu, Dong-Ying Liu, Fan Luo, Jin-Lin Li, Jia-Xin Ling, Wen Chen, Jing Liu, Wei Hou, Yun Zhang, Hong Fan, Zhan-Qiu Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3962441?pdf=render

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