First Molecular Identification of Human Dobrava Virus Infection in Central Europe

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1322-1325

  Klempa, Boris ^a,c   Schütt, Morten ^b   Auste, Brita ^a   Labuda, Milan ^d   Ulrich, Rainer ^a   Meisel, Helga ^a   Krüger, Detlev H ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOBRAVA VIRUS; EUROPE; GERMANY; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; RNA VIRUS; RODENT; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; GERMANY; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGIC DISORDERS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURIDAE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS AGRARIUS; DOBRAVA VIRUS; HANTAVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; RODENTIA;

EID: 12144290398     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1322-1325.2004     Document Type: Article

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