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dc.title | Hantavirus infections in humans and commensal rodents in Singapore | |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, T.W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, Y.C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Joo, Y.G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, H.W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, P.W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Yanagihara, R. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-28T10:14:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-11-28T10:14:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1989-03 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Wong, T.W., Chan, Y.C., Joo, Y.G., Lee, H.W., Lee, P.W., Yanagihara, R. (1989-03). Hantavirus infections in humans and commensal rodents in Singapore. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 83 (2) : 248-251. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 00359203 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/130974 | |
dc.description.abstract | To determine the extent of hantavirus infection in Singapore, serological studies using the indirect immunofluorescent antibody (IFA) test were conducted on commensal rodents and on human patients in 4 diagnostic groups. Virus isolation using a Vero E6 cell line was performed on hantaviral antigen-positive rodent lung tissue. Of 142 rodents and 3 insectivores studied, 37 (26%) were seropositive for IFA. Rattus norvegicus was the predominant species captured, with the highest species-specific seropositive rate of 32% (36 of 113). A hantavirus strain, R36, was isolated from one R. norvegicus. Seropositive rates for human patients were: 8% respectively for dengue haemorrhagic fever suspects and for non-A non-B hepatitis patients, 3% for leptospirosis suspects and 2% for acute nephritis patients. 2 patients had marked liver dysfunction but mild renal involvement. This hepatitis-like manifestation appears to be a clinical variant of hantavirus infection. © 1989. | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | MICROBIOLOGY | |
dc.description.sourcetitle | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | |
dc.description.volume | 83 | |
dc.description.issue | 2 | |
dc.description.page | 248-251 | |
dc.description.coden | TRSTA | |
dc.identifier.isiut | NOT_IN_WOS | |
Appears in Collections: | Staff Publications |
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