Increase in the number of cases of epidemic nephropathy in Germany: Virological and ecological aspects;Zunehmende verbreitung der nephropathia epidemica in Deutschland: Virologische und ökologische aspekte

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 476-478

  Krautkrämer, Ellen ^a   Zeier, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemic nephropathy; Epidemiology; Hantavirus; Puumala

Indexed keywords

RIBAVIRIN;

EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY INFECTION; PUUMALA VIRUS; REVIEW; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; GERMANY; RODENT DISEASE; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOLOGY; GERMANY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PUUMALA VIRUS; RODENT DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 40049101883     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1046736     Document Type: Review

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