Ten years of a hantavirus disease emergency in the Federal District, Brazil

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Hantavirus diseases are emerging human diseases caused by Hantavirus spp. of the Bunnyaviridae family. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) has been detected in the Federal District (DF) of Brazil since 2004. Among the 27 Brazilian Federal Units, DF has the highest fatality r...

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Main Authors: Roberto de Melo Dusi, Angelika Bredt, Daniel Roberto Coradi de Freitas, Maria Isabel Rao Bofill, José Alexandre Menezes da Silva, Stefan Vilges de Oliveira, Pedro Luiz Tauil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2016-02-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822016000100034&lng=en&tlng=en