Immune responses to Puumala virus infection and the pathogenesis of nephropathia epidemica
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UMass Chan Affiliations
Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine ResearchGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences
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Journal ArticlePublication Date
2004-03-31Keywords
Hantavirus Infections; Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal; Syndrome; Humans; *Puumala virusLife Sciences
Medicine and Health Sciences
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Puumala virus, causative agent of a mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, also known as nephropathia epidemica, induces long-lasting humoral and cellular immunity in patients. The virus itself is not cytopathic, and the immune responses to the virus may be involved in teh pathogenesis of the disease.Source
Microbes Infect. 2004 Feb;6(2):238-45.