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Characterization of a new Puumala virus genotype associated with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.
Virus genes - 1 Oct 2006
Bahr Udo, Zeier Martin, Muranyi Walter
Abstract excerpt
Hantavirus serotype Puumala (PUUV) is the etiologic agent of Nephropathia epidemica (NE), a mild variant of Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS) in Europe, with lethality rates up to 1% among human patients. The serotype PUUV is composed of numerous geographically restricted strains forming a great number of phylogeographic lineages, sublineages, variants, and clusters. We describe a new, geographically...
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