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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2010-08-01
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Series: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822010000400002 |
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