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Hantavirus Epidemiology
Recent findings from Slovak Academy of Sciences highlight research in hantavirus epidemiology
July 28th, 2009
A report, 'Hantaviruses and climate change,' is newly published data in Clinical Microbiology and Infection. "Most hantaviruses are rodent-borne emerging viruses. They cause two significant human diseases, haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Asia and Europe, and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome in the Americas," scientists writing in the journal Clinical Microbiology and Infection report. "Very recently, several novel hantaviruses with unknown pathogenic potential have been identified in Africa and in a variety of insectivores (shrews and a mole). Because there is very limited information available on the possible impact of climate change on all...
Source: World Disease Weekly (2009-07-28)
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