Clinical and molecular epidemiological features of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Korea over a 10-year period

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-17

  Noh, Ji Yun ^a   Cheong, Hee Jin ^a   Song, Joon Young ^a   Kim, Woo Joo ^a   Song, Ki Joon ^a   Klein, Terry A ^b,d   Lee, Sam H ^b,d   Yanagihara, Richard ^c,d   Song, Jin Won ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b College of Medicine Korea University ^*  (Japan)

^c Unit 15281   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Hantaan virus; Hantavirus; Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; Korea

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; SERUM ALBUMIN; VIRUS RNA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIURESIS; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HANTAVIRUS; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KOREA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG EDEMA; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OLIGURIA; ORBIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREATITIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PETECHIA; PHYLOGENY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RASH; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEOUL VIRUS; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VOMITING;

EID: 84881541298     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.06.027     Document Type: Article

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