Genetic detection of dobrava/Belgrade virus, Bulgaria

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 308-309

  Papa, Anna ^a   Christova, Iva ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; BULGARIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOBRAVA VIRUS; FEVER; GENETIC SCREENING; HANTAVIRUS; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGURIA; PROTEINURIA; SEROLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; BULGARIA; FATAL OUTCOME; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551616607     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1702.101275     Document Type: Letter

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