Hantavirus Infection: a review and global update

• 1. Verfasser: Zhenqiang Bi, Pierre B.H. Formenty, Cathy E. Roth (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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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...