Hantavirus Infection in the Republic of Georgia

We describe a laboratory-confirmed case of hantavirus infection in the Republic of Georgia. Limited information is available about hantavirus infections in the Caucasus, although the infection has been reported throughout Europe and Russia. Increasing awareness and active disease surveillance contri...

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Autores principales: Kuchuloria, Tinatin, Clark, Danielle V., Hepburn, Matthew J., Tsertsvadze, Tengiz, Pimentel, Guillermo, Imnadze, Paata
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2819886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19788822
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1509.090617
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Sumario:We describe a laboratory-confirmed case of hantavirus infection in the Republic of Georgia. Limited information is available about hantavirus infections in the Caucasus, although the infection has been reported throughout Europe and Russia. Increasing awareness and active disease surveillance contribute to our improved understanding of the geographic range of this pathogen.

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