The epidemic characteristics and changing trend of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Hubei Province, China.

BACKGROUND: Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is caused by different hantaviruses within the Bunyaviridae family. HFRS is a fulminant, infectious disease that occurs worldwide and is endemic in all 31 provinces of China. Since the first HFRS case in Hubei Province was reported in 1957, th...

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Main Authors: Yi-Hui Zhang, Liang Ge, Li Liu, Xi-Xiang Huo, Hai-Rong Xiong, Yuan-Yuan Liu, Dong-Ying Liu, Fan Luo, Jin-Lin Li, Jia-Xin Ling, Wen Chen, Jing Liu, Wei Hou, Yun Zhang, Hong Fan, Zhan-Qiu Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3962441?pdf=render