Diffusion and Home Range Parameters from Rodent Population Measurements in Panama
Simple random walk considerations are used to interpret rodent population data collected in Hantavirus-related investigations in Panama regarding the short-tailed cane mouse, \emph{Zygodontomys brevicauda}.
Abramson, G.+5 more
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Human and rodent humoral immune responses to Andes virus structural proteins [PDF]
In the present work we identified B-cell epitopes recognized by sera of humans and rodents naturally infected with Andes virus, a hantavirus present in Chile and Argentina.
Tischler, Nicole D.+3 more
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Association of low serum TGF-β level in hantavirus infected patients with severe disease [PDF]
Background: Hantaviruses are emerging zoonotic pathogens which cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, an immune-mediated pathogenesis is discussed.
Daniel, Volker+8 more
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Hantavirus Infection in Anajatuba, Maranhão, Brazil
In 2000, the first outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome was recognized in the Brazilian Amazon (Maranhão State). An epidemiologic study identified a 13.3% prevalence of hantavirus-specific immunoglobulin G. The analysis of risk factors suggests that
Wellington S. Mendes+9 more
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Complex evolution and epidemiology of Dobrava-Belgrade hantavirus: definition of genotypes and their characteristics. [PDF]
Dobrava-Belgrade virus (DOBV) is a human pathogen that has evolved in, and is hosted by, mice of several species of the genus Apodemus. We propose a subdivision of the species Dobrava-Belgrade virus into four related genotypes – Dobrava, Kurkino ...
Avsic-Zupanc, T.+13 more
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Characteristics of Hantaviruses as Causative Agents of the Zoonotic Hemorrhagic Fevers
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) has been a major concern for public health in different countries of the Euroasian continent for decades.
A. A. Ishmukhametov+6 more
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Wars, disasters and kidneys [PDF]
This paper summarizes the impact that wars had on the history of nephrology, both worldwide and in the Ghent Medical Faculty notably on the definition, research and clinical aspects of acute kidney injury.
Lameire, Norbert
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Tula Hantavirus Infection in Immunocompromised Host, Czech Republic
We report molecular evidence of Tula hantavirus as an etiologic agent of pulmonary-renal syndrome in an immunocompromised patient. Acute hantavirus infection was confirmed by using serologic and molecular methods.
Hana Zelená+2 more
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Land Use Change and Infectious Disease Emergence
Abstract Major infectious diseases threatening human health are transmitted to people from animals or by arthropod vectors such as insects. In recent decades, disease outbreaks have become more common, especially in tropical regions, including new and emerging infections that were previously undetected or unknown. Even though there is growing awareness
M. Cristina Rulli+6 more
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Twenty-Year Summary of Surveillance for Human Hantavirus Infections, United States
In the past 20 years of surveillance for hantavirus in humans in the United States, 624 cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) have been reported, 96% of which occurred in states west of the Mississippi River.
Barbara Knust, Pierre E. Rollin
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