Hantavirus infection in Istanbul, Turkey

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 303-304

  Oncul, Oral ^a   Atalay, Yunus ^a   Onem, Yalcin ^a   Turhan, Vedat ^a   Acar, Ali ^a   Uyar, Yavuz ^b   Caglayik, Dilek Y ^b   Ozkan, Sezai ^a   Gorenek, Levent ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Refik Saydam National Public Health Agency   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECCHYMOSIS; FATIGUE; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; NAUSEA; PAIN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; RNA, VIRAL; TURKEY; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551650812     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1702.100663     Document Type: Letter

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