Identifying a hantavirus associated with acute respiratory illness: a PCR victory?

The threat posed by recently discovered hantaviruses, which are spread by rats, is real; however, rodents proliferate only sporadically and in response to some ecological upset. A pandemic is unlikely.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 1993-12, Vol.342 (8885), p.1438-1439
1. Verfasser:	Le Guenno, B.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Bunyaviridae Infections - microbiology Disease Outbreaks Disease Reservoirs Epidemics Hantavirus - isolation & purification Humans Lung Diseases - microbiology Peromyscus - microbiology Polymerase Chain Reaction Rodents Viruses
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Zusammenfassung:	The threat posed by recently discovered hantaviruses, which are spread by rats, is real; however, rodents proliferate only sporadically and in response to some ecological upset. A pandemic is unlikely.
ISSN:	0140-6736 1474-547X
DOI:	10.1016/0140-6736(93)92927-L