Nephropathia epidemica with a 6-week incubation period after occupational exposure to Puumala hantavirus

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-101

  Kramski, Marit ^a   Achazi, Katharina ^a   Klempa, Boris ^b,c   Krüger, Detlev H ^b  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Hantavirus; Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; Incubation period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUUMALA VIRUS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYLOGENY; PUUMALA VIRUS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 57749109840     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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