HANTAVIRUS INFECTION - PATHOGENESIS AND IMMUNITY

Authors
PETHER JVS
Citation
Jvs. Pether, HANTAVIRUS INFECTION - PATHOGENESIS AND IMMUNITY, Current opinion in infectious diseases, 7(3), 1994, pp. 329-332
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Current opinion in infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
09517375
Volume
7
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
329 - 332
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-7375(1994)7:3<329:HI-PAI>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Hantavirus research has been stimulated by the recent highly lethal ou tbreak of an influenzal illness mainly affecting the respiratory syste m and leading on to hyperpyrexia, hypoxia and hypotension. Genetic cha racterization of known hantaviruses has emphasized the diagnostic powe r of polymerase chain reaction. Control of emerging outbreaks of Hanta virus infection in many countries should be aimed, primarily, at under standing the rodent vectors.