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Title

A midcourse assessment of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.

Authors

Shope, Robert E.; Shope, R E

Abstract

Provides information on hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) caused by Sin Nombre virus. Details on the discovery of the Sin Nombre virus; How the scientific community entered the phase of HPS research; Methods that are used on a large scale in the Americas for testing rodent sera for hantavirus antibody; Information on ribavirin, an antihantavirus drugs.

Subjects

HANTAVIRUS diseases; VIRUSES; RIBAVIRIN; RODENT physiology; ANIMALS; HANTAVIRUSES; PUBLIC health; RESEARCH; RODENTS; HANTAVIRUS pulmonary syndrome; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION; INFECTIOUS disease transmission

Publication

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1999, Vol 5, Issue 1, p172

ISSN

1080-6040

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.3201/eid0501.990124