Hantavirus infections in Europe: From virus carriers to a major public-health problem

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-217

  Heyman, Paul ^a   Vaheri, Antti ^b   Lundkvist, Åke ^c   Avsic Zupanc, Tatjana ^d  

^a QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Dobrava; Europe; Hantavirus; Puumala; Saaremaa; Seoul; Tula

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HISTORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PUUMALA VIRUS; RAT; RODENT; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EUROPE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MICE; PUUMALA VIRUS; RATS; RODENTIA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 64049101616     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14787210.7.2.205     Document Type: Review

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