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...a comprehensive manual describing the hanta-viruses in the Americas;the disease's clinical manifestation and diagnosis; and guidelines forsurveillance, treatment, and case management...also covers prevention ofinfection. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2007. The length of the article is 2189 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Hantavirus in northern short-tailed shrew, United States.(DISPATCHES)(Clinical report)
Author: Satoru Arai
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 13Issue: 9Page: 1420(4)

Article Type: Clinical report

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This digital document is an article from Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science, published by Missouri Academy of Science on January 1, 1999. The length of the article is 1920 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Evidence of Hantavirus Infection in Microtus Ochrogaster in St. Louis County, Missouri.
Author: Jerrold J. Scharninghausen
Publication: Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1999
Publisher: Missouri Academy of Science
Page: 23

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This up-to-date electronic book on CD-ROM provides the best collection available anywhere of official Federal government information and documents on the subject of hantavirus and the rodent-spread Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS). This CD-ROM uses next-generation search technology that allows complete indexing and makes all files on the disc fully searchable. For patients, practical information is provided in clearly written patient education documents. For medical professionals, doctor reference tools and texts have detailed technical information and clinical background material.

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Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed or printed without untold hours of tedious searching and downloading. This book-on-a-disc makes a superb reference work and educational tool for patients and their families, physicians, and other medical professionals. (Information on this CD-ROM is NOT a substitute for professional medical advice; of course, readers are urged to consult with a professional health care provider for any suspected illness.) ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2007. The length of the article is 2242 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Threat of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome to field biologists working with small mammals.(SYNOPSIS)
Author: Douglas A. Kelt
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 13Issue: 9Page: 1285(3)

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This digital document is an article from Community College Week, published by Cox, Matthews & Associates on November 24, 2003. The length of the article is 332 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Wash. student dies from hantavirus.
Publication: Community College Week (Newspaper)
Date: November 24, 2003
Publisher: Cox, Matthews & Associates
Volume: 16Issue: 8Page: 3(2)

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This book has been created for patients who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (also Four Corners Hantavirus (FCV); Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome ; Hantavirus-Associated Respiratory Distress Syndrome (HARDS)), from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Given patients' increasing sophistication in using the Internet, abundant references to reliable Internet-based resources are provided throughout this sourcebook. Where possible, guidance is provided on how to obtain free-of-charge, primary research results as well as more detailed information via the Internet. E-book and electronic versions of this sourcebook are fully interactive with each of the Internet sites mentioned (clicking on a hyperlink automatically opens your browser to the site indicated). Hard-copy users of this sourcebook can type cited Web addresses directly into their browsers to obtain access to the corresponding sites. In addition to extensive references accessible via the Internet, chapters include glossaries of technical or uncommon terms.Download Description
This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; Chapter 3. Clinical Trials and Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 4. Studies on Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome; Chapter 5. Patents on Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome; Chapter 6. Books on Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome; Chapter 7. Multimedia on Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome; Chapter 8. Physician Guidelines and Databases; Chapter 9. Dissertations on Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix C. Researching Nutrition; Appendix D. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix E. Your Rights and Insurance; Appendix F. More on Hantavirus: Technical Information; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Four Corners Hantavirus (FCV), Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome , Hantavirus-Associated Respiratory Distress Syndrome (HARDS). ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2007. The length of the article is 5167 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Clusters of Hantavirus infection, Southern Argentina.(Disease/Disorder overview)
Author: Maria E. Lazaro
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 13Issue: 1Page: 104(7)

Article Type: Disease/Disorder overview

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The article is excerpted fromGale Encyclopedia of Medicine.

Consult the second edition of this authoritative, comprehensive, in-depth medical guide for information on more than 1,700 medical topics in language accessible to adult laypersons. Presented in a single alphabetical sequence, articles range in length from one or two paragraphs for minor topics, to several pages or more for major topics. Disease/disorder articles typically cover definition; description; causes and symptoms; diagnosis; treatments; prevention; and more. Test/treatment articles typically cover definition; purposes; precautions; preparation; risks; normal and abnormal results; and much more. This second edition includes more than 200 new entries, 300 updated entries, approximately 650 color images and illustrations, and a comprehensive subject index. New features include biographical and historical sidebars throughout the text.

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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2007. The length of the article is 2346 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Newfound hantavirus in Chinese mole shrew, Vietnam.(DISPATCHES)(Report)
Author: Jin-Won Song
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 13Issue: 11Page: 1784(4)

Article Type: Report

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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 518 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Hantavirus survivors have long-term pulmonary, renal complications.(Infectious Diseases)
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 35Issue: 5Page: 31(1)

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This digital document is an article from Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2005. The length of the article is 4270 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Determination of hantavirus distribution in northeast Missouri small mammal communities.(Abstract)
Author: Shawna A. Cooper
Publication: Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 39Page: 44(8)

Article Type: Abstract

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This incredible CD-ROM provides a comprehensive collection of the electronic versions of EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES (EID), a peer-reviewed monthly journal tracking and analyzing disease trends, published by the National Center for Infectious Diseases of the Centers for Disease Control.This collection covers January 1995 to July 2002. Some of the topics covered include:

Smallpox Research: U.S. Interagency Collaboration; Anthrax of the Gastrointestinal Tract; Usutu Virus; Hantavirus; Tuberculosis; Bear Canyon Virus; Rickettsial Pox; Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever; West Nile Virus; Lyme Disease; Sin Nombre Virus; Cyclospora; Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease; Escherichia coli; Influenza; Developing New Smallpox Vaccines; Smallpox: Clinical and Epidemiologic Features; Preparing for Pandemic Influenza: The Need for Enhanced Surveillance; The Economic Impact of Pandemic Influenza in the United States; Clinical Epidemiology of Malaria in the Highlands of Western Kenya; Saint Louis Encephalitis; Streptococcus Pneumoniae; Parachlamydiaceae: Potential Emerging Pathogens; Staphylococcus aureus; Rhabdoviruses; Cryptosporidiosis; Trypanosomiasis; Enterococci; Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses; Urban Canine Rabies; Neisseria meningitidis; Hemorrhagic Fever; Encephalitis; Hepatitis; Salmonella; Ebola; Bat Rabies; Corynebacterium diphtheriae; AIDS; HIV; Canine parvovirus; Andes virus; Bermejo virus; Campylobacteriosis; Listeria monocytogenes; Bubonic plague; Eosinophilic Meningitis; Adenovirus Type 7; Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus; Enteroviruses; Rift Valley Fever; Distemper; Animal Rabies; Diarrheal Pathogens; Bloodstream Infections; Legionnaires' Disease; Tularemia; Bordetella pertussis; Nosocomial Infections; Cryptosporidium felis; Herpesvirus 6; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Hepatitis E Virus; Listeriosis; Leptospirosis.

Other subjects include: Database Searches as a Tool for Early Detection of Epidemics; Temporal Changes in Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance in 23 U.S. Hospitals; Medical Care Capacity for Influenza Outbreaks, Los Angeles; Megadrought and Megadeath in 16th Century Mexico; Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems in Epidemiology; Introduction of West Nile virus in the Middle East by Migrating White Storks; Lyme Disease Transmission by Ticks; Physician-Based Surveillance of Foodborne Illness; Could Malaria Reappear in Italy?; Bioterrorism as a Public Health Threat; Passive Antibody Administration (Immediate Immunity) as a Specific Defense against Biological Weapons; Bioterrorism-Related Inhalational Anthrax: The First 10 Cases Reported in the United States; Modeling Potential Responses to Smallpox as a Bioterrorist Weapon; Investigating Disease Outbreaks under a Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention; Lessons Learned from a Full-Scale Bioterrorism Exercise; The Prospect of Domestic Bioterrorism; Potential Biological Weapons Threats; Vaccines, Pharmaceutical Products, and Bioterrorism: Challenges for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Use of Automated Ambulatory-Care Encounter Records for Detection of Acute Illness Clusters, Including Potential Bioterrorism Events; Smallpox: An Attack Scenario; Aftermath of a Hypothetical Smallpox Disaster; Clinical and Epidemiologic Principles of Anthrax; Addressing Bioterrorist Threats: Where Do We Go from Here?; About the First National Symposium on Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism; The Emerging Threat of Bioterrorism; View from the Hill: Congressional Efforts to Address Bioterrorism; Finding the Right Balance against Bioterrorism; Historical Trends Related to Bioterrorism: An Empirical Analysis; The Threat of Biological Attack: Why Concern Now?; Nuclear Blindness: An Overview of the Biological Weapons Programs of the Former Soviet Union and Iraq; Aum Shinrikyo: Once and Future Threat?; The Prospect of Domestic Bioterrorism; Potential Biological Weapons Threats; Epidemiology of Bioterrorism; Vaccines in Civilian Defense Against Bioterrorism; Anthrax: A Possible Case History; Applying Lessons Learned from Anthrax Case History To Other Scenarios; Air Evacuation under High-Level Biosafety Containment: The Aeromedical Isolation Team; Public Health Assessment of Potential Biological Terrorism Agents; Developing New Smallpox Vaccines; Modeling Potential Responses to Smallpox as a Bioterrorist Weapon, and much more.

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Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government.. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust. ... Read more