Sin nombre hantavirus disease in a ten-year-old boy and his mother

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 248-250

  Ramos, Mary M ^a,b   Hjelle, Brian ^a   Overturf, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hantavirus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HANTAVIRUS; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLAST; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034105982     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200003000-00015     Document Type: Article

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