Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Report of the first three cases in São Paulo, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 231-234

  Da Silva, Marcos Vinicius ^a   Vasconcelos, Marileide Januária ^a   Hidalgo, Neuma Terezinha Rossetto ^a   Veiga, Ana Paula Rocha ^a   Canzian, Mauro ^a   Marotto, Paulo Cesar Fumagali ^a   De Lima, Vasco Carvalho Pedroso ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Emergent disease; Hantavirus; Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE;

EID: 0031173975     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46651997000400010     Document Type: Article

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