Identifying a hantavirus associated with acute respiratory illness: a PCR victory?

The threat posed by recently discovered hantaviruses, which are spread by rats, is real; however, rodents proliferate only sporadically and in response to some ecological upset. A pandemic is unlikely.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 1993-12, Vol.342 (8885), p.1438-1439
Main Author: Le Guenno, B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Bunyaviridae Infections - microbiology
Disease Outbreaks
Disease Reservoirs
Epidemics
Hantavirus - isolation & purification
Humans
Lung Diseases - microbiology
Peromyscus - microbiology
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rodents
Viruses
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The threat posed by recently discovered hantaviruses, which are spread by rats, is real; however, rodents proliferate only sporadically and in response to some ecological upset. A pandemic is unlikely.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/0140-6736(93)92927-L