Serological diagnosis of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a febrile patient in Colombia

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 201-203

  Mattar, Salim ^a   Garzon, Denisse ^a   Tadeu, Luis ^b   Faccini Martínez, Alvaro A ^c   Mills, James N ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CÓRDOBA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colombia; Fever; Hantavirus; Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; Serology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COLOMBIA; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LEPTOSPIRA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; PANCYTOPENIA; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; SALMONELLA; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS; ANIMAL; FEVER; GEOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; COLOMBIA; FEVER; GEOGRAPHY; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 84904338935     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.1396     Document Type: Article

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