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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Rhodes, L. V. ; Huang, C. ; Sanchez, A. J. ; Nichol, S. T. ; Zaki, S. R. ; ... More +
Rhodes, L. V. ; Huang, C. ; Sanchez, A. J. ; Nichol, S. T. ; Zaki, S. R. ; Ksiazek, T. G. ; Humphreys, J. G. ; Freeman, J. J. ; Knecht, K. R. Less -
Description:
The first two recognized cases of rapidly fatal hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Pennsylvania occurred within an 8-month period in 1997. Illness in the two patients was confirmed by immunohistochemical techniques on autopsy material. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis of tissue from one patient and environmentally associated Peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mouse) identified the Monongahela virus variant. Physicians should be vigilant for such Monongahela virus-associated cases in the eastern United States and Canada, particularly in the Appalachian region.
Subject:
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Adult
Animals
Female
Hantavirus
Hantavirus Infections
Humans
Lung
Lung Diseases
Male
Peromyscus

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 6(6):616-621.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Pennsylvania
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:7f885fab8a19165819b7af5689ccc2bfae7936675d0cc660ac48276f538f879b
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