RIFT VALLEY FEVER IN MAN : REPORT OF A FATAL LABORATORY INFECTION COMPLICATED BY THROMBOPHLEBITIS

A case of Rift Valley fever following an accidental laboratory infection, and believed to be the first instance of the disease in the Western hemisphere, is reported. Although the course of illness was otherwise quite typical, it was complicated by thrombophlebitis—a condition not previously describ...

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Autores principales: Schwentker, Francis F., Rivers, Thomas M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1934
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2132358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19870248
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description A case of Rift Valley fever following an accidental laboratory infection, and believed to be the first instance of the disease in the Western hemisphere, is reported. Although the course of illness was otherwise quite typical, it was complicated by thrombophlebitis—a condition not previously described in association with this disease in man. Death was caused by a pulmonary embolus.
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spelling pubmed-21323582008-04-18 RIFT VALLEY FEVER IN MAN : REPORT OF A FATAL LABORATORY INFECTION COMPLICATED BY THROMBOPHLEBITIS Schwentker, Francis F. Rivers, Thomas M. J Exp Med Article A case of Rift Valley fever following an accidental laboratory infection, and believed to be the first instance of the disease in the Western hemisphere, is reported. Although the course of illness was otherwise quite typical, it was complicated by thrombophlebitis—a condition not previously described in association with this disease in man. Death was caused by a pulmonary embolus. The Rockefeller University Press 1934-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC2132358/ /pubmed/19870248 Text en Copyright © Copyright, 1934, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York This article is distributed under the terms of an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike–No Mirror Sites license for the first six months after the publication date (see http://www.rupress.org/terms). After six months it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 4.0 Unported license, as described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
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title RIFT VALLEY FEVER IN MAN : REPORT OF A FATAL LABORATORY INFECTION COMPLICATED BY THROMBOPHLEBITIS
title_full RIFT VALLEY FEVER IN MAN : REPORT OF A FATAL LABORATORY INFECTION COMPLICATED BY THROMBOPHLEBITIS
title_fullStr RIFT VALLEY FEVER IN MAN : REPORT OF A FATAL LABORATORY INFECTION COMPLICATED BY THROMBOPHLEBITIS
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title_short RIFT VALLEY FEVER IN MAN : REPORT OF A FATAL LABORATORY INFECTION COMPLICATED BY THROMBOPHLEBITIS
title_sort rift valley fever in man : report of a fatal laboratory infection complicated by thrombophlebitis
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