Geoaraohic expansion of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Argentina: The southernest case report;Expansion geografica del sindrome pulmonar por hantavirus en la Argentina: Informe del caso mas austral

Medicina

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 647-650

  Bellomo, Carla M ^a   Nudelman, Julio ^b   Kwaszka, Roberto ^c   Vazquez, Gabriela ^d   Cantoni, Gustavo ^d   Weinzettel, Barbara ^e   Larrieu, Edmundo ^d   Padula, Paula ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Regional de Gobernador Gregores   (Argentina)

^c Hospital Regional de Rio Gallegos   (Argentina)

^d URESA Bariloche   (Argentina)

^e Subsecretaría de Salud Pública   (Argentina)

Author keywords

ANDES virus; Argentina; Hantavirus; Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; Oligoryzomys longicaudatus; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RICE RAT; SEROLOGY; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HANTAVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RODENT; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; DISEASE VECTORS; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; RODENTIA;

EID: 75149136049     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: 16699106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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