Twenty years of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Brazil: a review of epidemiological and clinical aspects

Hantavirus infection is transmitted to humans by wild rodents and the most common clinical form in Brazil is the Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS). The first serological evidence of the disease was identified in 1990, in Recife, Pernambuco State, and later in 1993 in Juquitiba, State of São Paulo....

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Main Authors: Vitor Laerte Pinto Junior, Amani Moura Hamidad, Dalcy de Oliveira Albuquerque Filho, Vitorino Modesto dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2014-02-01
Series:Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
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Online Access:https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/3254
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