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Exotic viral diseases.

Marburg virus disease, Lassa fever, monkeypox, and Ebola virus diseases of humans have all been recognized since 1967. These are examples of some of the exotic virus diseases which through importation may present a potential public health problem in the United States. Some of these viruses are also...

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Autor principal: Dowdle, W. R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 1980
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2595835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6246685
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description Marburg virus disease, Lassa fever, monkeypox, and Ebola virus diseases of humans have all been recognized since 1967. These are examples of some of the exotic virus diseases which through importation may present a potential public health problem in the United States. Some of these viruses are also highly hazardous to laboratory and medical personnel. This paper is a review of the general characteristics, the epidemiology, and laboratory diagnosis of the exotic viruses which have been described during the last 25 years.
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spelling pubmed-25958352008-12-05 Exotic viral diseases. Dowdle, W. R. Yale J Biol Med Research Article Marburg virus disease, Lassa fever, monkeypox, and Ebola virus diseases of humans have all been recognized since 1967. These are examples of some of the exotic virus diseases which through importation may present a potential public health problem in the United States. Some of these viruses are also highly hazardous to laboratory and medical personnel. This paper is a review of the general characteristics, the epidemiology, and laboratory diagnosis of the exotic viruses which have been described during the last 25 years. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 1980 /pmc/articles/PMC2595835/ /pubmed/6246685 Text en
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