| argentine hemorrhagic fever vaccines. | argentine hemorrhagic fever (ahf), an acute disease caused by junin virus (junv, arenaviridae), has been an important issue to public health in argentina since the early 1950s. the field rodent calomys musculinus is junv natural reservoir and human disease is a consequence of contact with infected rodents. a steady extention of ahf endemic area is being observed since the first reports of the disease. important achievements have been made in: (a) improvement of methods for the etiological diagno ... | 2011 | 21451263 |
| [new findings on junin virus infection in rodents inside and outside the endemic area of hemorrhagic fever in argentina]. | in conjunction with field trials for a vaccine against argentine hemorrhagic fever (ahf), small mammals were trapped during a 28-month period (1 november 1987 to 13 march 1990) in 3 epidemiologically defined areas of the central argentine pampas: northern and central buenos aires provinces were included in the ahf "historic" area, where the disease was common 15-20 years ago, but case rates are currently low; southern santa fe province is the current high-incidence area for ahf; the nonendemic a ... | 1991 | 7476104 |