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Life Sciences
Reports summarize life sciences research from S.Q. Zuo and co-authors
June 24th, 2008
"Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a significant public health problem with an increasing incidence in Beijing, China (report of disease surveillance from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Beijing, China)," scientists writing in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene report. "Hantaviruses were detected using RT-PCR method in blood samples of HFRS patients and lung tissues of rodents captured in Beijing. Phylogenetic analyses of 724bp partial S segment of the hantavirus gene showed that the detected Seoul virus (SEOV) fell into three different lineages, two of which circulated in Beijing," wrote S.Q. Zuo and...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-06-24)
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