Tuesday, 1 August 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> Hantavirus - Africa: Mozambique (MC)

Hantavirus -- Mozambique
Highlights
- this is the 1st serological investigation of hantavirus in Mozambique;
- Mozambicans are exposed to hantavirus[es];
- hantavirus [infection] cases presented significantly higher levels of creatinine and alanine aminotransferase;
- clinicians are unaware of hantavirus[es] and the virus occurs unsuspected;
- most cases of hantavirus infections are misdiagnosed as malaria.
Abstract
Objective
The occurrence of hantavirus[es] in Sub-Saharan Africa is poorly studied and its

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