Experimental infection of guinea pigs with Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever virus (Guanarito): A model of human disease

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-88

  Hall, William C ^a,b   Geisbert, Thomas W ^b   Huggins, John W ^b   Jahrling, Peter B ^b  

^a CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARENAVIRUS; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARENAVIRUS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; NONHUMAN; THROMBOSIS; VIRUS INCLUSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ARENAVIRUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GUINEA PIGS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS, VIRAL; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PILOT PROJECTS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0029682744     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.81     Document Type: Article

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