Diagnosis of hantavirus infection in humans and rodents in Ribeirão Preto, State of São Paulo, Brazil Diagnóstico de infecção por hantavírus em humanos e roedores em Ribeirão Preto, Estado de São Paulo

Diagnosis of hantavirus infection in humans and rodents in Ribeirão Preto, State of São Paulo, Brazil Diagnóstico de infecção por hantavírus em humanos e roedores em Ribeirão Preto, Estado de São Paulo

INTRODUCTION: Hantavirus pulmonary and cardiovascular syndrome (HPCS) is an emerging serious disease in the Americas. Hantaviruses (Bunyaviridae) are the causative agents of this syndrome and are mainly transmitted through inhalation of aerosols containing the excreta of wild rodents. In the Ribeirã...

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Main Authors: Glauciane Garcia de Figueiredo, Alessandra Abel Borges, Gelse Mazzoni Campos, Alex Martins Machado, Fabiano Pinto Saggioro, Gilberto dos Santos Sabino Júnior, Soraya Jabur Badra, Alberto Anastacio Amarilla Ortiz, Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2010-08-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Síndrome pulmonar cardiovascular por hantavírus
Vírus Araraquara
Diagnóstico de infecção por hantavírus
Roedores infectados com hantavírus
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Araraquara virus
Diagnosis of hantavirus infections
Rodents infected with hantavirus
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