Sudden infant death syndrome and Ljungan virus

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 274-279

  Niklasson, Bo ^a,b   Almqvist, Petra Råsten ^c   Hörnfeldt, Birger ^d   Klitz, William ^e,f  

^a Apodemus AB   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Swedish National Board of Forensic Medicine   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Immunohistochemistry; Ljungan virus; Myocarditis; Rodent virus; Sudden infant death; Sudden unexplained death in infants; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; MOUSE; MYOCARDITIS; NEWBORN; PARECHOVIRUS; PATHOLOGY; PICORNAVIRUS INFECTION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SWEDEN; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEART; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; MICE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; PARECHOVIRUS; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; SWEDEN; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77950353329     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-009-9086-8     Document Type: Article

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