Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Barry, Michele
• Russi, Mark
• Armstrong, Lori
• Geller, David
• Tesh, Robert
• Dembry, Louise
• Gonzalez, Jean Paul
• Khan, Ali S
• Peters, Clarence J

Titel

Treatment of a Laboratory-Acquired Sabiá Virus Infection

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 1995-08, Vol.333 (5), p.294-296

Ort / Verlag

Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

1995

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Arenaviruses are a group of RNA viruses several of which have the potential to cause a deadly syndrome of hemorrhagic fever. In humans these viruses are usually transmitted by exposure to infected rodent excreta; occasional laboratory or nosocomial infections have been reported. 1 Sabiá virus is an arenavirus that was first isolated in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1990 from an agricultural engineer who presented with a hemorrhagic fever syndrome and ultimately died. Necrosis of the liver was found at autopsy. The virus was subsequently characterized as a new member of the Tacaribe complex of the family Arenaviridae. 2 A laboratory technician in . . .