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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Brasilia periphery: a diagnostic challenge

Author(s) -

Vitorino Modesto dos Santos,

Diana Aristótelis Rocha de Sá,

Thiago Zavascki Turra,

Nancy Mendonça Ferreira Borges,

Ulisses Mariano Nascimento,

Emanuel Adelino Medeiros Damasceno

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.558

Subject(s) - hantavirus pulmonary syndrome , hantavirus , medicine , virology , hantavirus infection , virus

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is an emerging rodent-borne disease in the American continent, characterized by acute respiratory distress and a high case-fatality ratio. The present work describes a case of HPS, with favorable outcome, whose initial features were mistaken for leptospirosis or other less severe acute infections.

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