Could myocarditis, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and Guillain- Barre syndrome be caused by one or more infectious agents carried by rodents?

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-193

  Niklasson, Bo ^a,b   Hörnfeldt, Birger ^c   Lundman, Berit ^c,d  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PUUMALA VIRUS; REVIEW; RODENT DISEASE; SWEDEN; VIRUS ISOLATION; VOLE;

EID: 0345019939     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0402.980206     Document Type: Review

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