Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome: A zebra worth knowing

American Family Physician

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1015-1020

  Graziano, Kristin L ^a,c   Tempest, Bruce ^b  

^a Tuba City Indian Medical Center   (United States)

^b Navajo Area Indian Health Service   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLAST; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; RODENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNITED STATES; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037106345     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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