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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Tucumán province associated to an unexpected viral genotype.
Medicina - 1 Jan 2017
Ciancaglini Matías, Bellomo Carla M, Torres Cabreros Clara L, Alonso Daniel, Bassi Sabrina C, Iglesias Ayelén A, Martínez Valeria P
Abstract excerpt
We describe the characterization of the viral genotype involved in the first case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome reported in Tucumán, a Northwestern province of Argentina. A 23-year-old woman, with no record of travel history and previously diagnosed with an antiphospholipid syndrome, died after 11 days of severe cardiopulmonary insufficiency. Among the four endemic regions of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in...
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