Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Texas: 1993 "2006

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-41

  Pierce Jr , J Rush ^a   Rivers, Megan N ^b   Alexander, James L ^b   Rohde, Rodney E ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Texas Tech University Health Sciences ^*

Author keywords

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; Sin Nombre virus; Vector borne diseases; Viral diseases; Zoonotic diseases

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RODENT; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RODENTIA; TEXAS;

EID: 59249096681     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318187d06f     Document Type: Article

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