Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: literature review and distribution analysis in China

Hantaviruses infect their reservoir hosts and humans, but the infection only causes disease in humans. In Asia and Europe (the Old World), the hantaviruses usually cause haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). This article summarizes the current understanding of hantavirus epidemiology, as we...

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Main Authors: Lu-Xi Zou, Mao-Jie Chen, Ling Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-02-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216000047