Cluster of cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Alberta, Canada

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 914-918

  Webster, Duncan ^a,b   Lee, Bonita ^c   Joffe, Ari ^d   Sligl, Wendy ^d   Dick, Daryl ^e   Grolla, Allen ^e   Feldmann, Heinz ^e   Yacoub, Wadieh ^f   Grimsrud, Karen ^g   Safronetz, David ^e   Lindsay, Robbin ^e  

^a SAINT JOHN REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f Maternal Child Health Program   (Canada)

^g Alberta Health and Wellness   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VASOACTIVE AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PEROMYSCUS; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

HANTAVIRUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CANADA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MIDDLE AGED; PEROMYSCUS; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS;

EID: 42949091025     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.914     Document Type: Article

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