Hantaviras Puumala infection as a cause of fever of unknown origin in a child

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1120-1122

  Van Der Werff Ten Bosch, J ^a   Heyman, P ^a   Potters, D ^b   Peeters, S ^a,c   Cochez, C ^a   Pierard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c Algemeen Stedelijk Ziekenhuis   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hantavirus; Paediatric; Puumala

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFUROXIME;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PUUMALA VIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SORE THROAT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS INFECTION; CHILD; HEMATURIA; MYOPIA; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA;

CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MYOPIA; PROTEINURIA; PUUMALA VIRUS;

EID: 7544247629     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250410030892     Document Type: Article

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