Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Nature Medicine, full text: (LINK). Extract.]
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Hantavirus treatments advance amidst outbreak in US park
Elie Dolgin
Journal name: Nature Medicine / Volume: 18, Page: 1448 / Year published: (2012) / DOI: doi:10.1038/nm1012-1448a
Published online 05 October 2012
The often fatal lung disease caused by New World hantaviruses is rare. But, as a recent outbreak of the rodent-borne illness among visitors to California's Yosemite National Park has underscored, treatment is no walk in the woods. There are currently no specific medical countermeasures designed to combat the viral infection.?
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-Elie Dolgin
Journal name: Nature Medicine / Volume: 18, Page: 1448 / Year published: (2012) / DOI: doi:10.1038/nm1012-1448a
Published online 05 October 2012
The often fatal lung disease caused by New World hantaviruses is rare. But, as a recent outbreak of the rodent-borne illness among visitors to California's Yosemite National Park has underscored, treatment is no walk in the woods. There are currently no specific medical countermeasures designed to combat the viral infection.?
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