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Epidemics
Study data from M. Kramski et al provide new insights into epidemics
March 10th, 2009
According to a study from Berlin, Germany, "Serological and molecular evidence showed that a German female student became infected by Puumala hantavirus during mice trapping efforts in Finland." "The incubation period before exhibiting clinical signs of nephropathia epidemica was as long as 6 weeks," wrote M. Kramski and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "Phylogenetic analysis of PUUV nucleic acid sequences amplified from the patient demonstrate that she was infected by the PUUV strain circulating at the place of her occupational exposure in Finland." Kramski and colleagues published their study in the Journal of Clinical...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-03-10)
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