Hantavirus infection in children in Argentina.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Pini, N. C. ; Resa, A. ; del Jesús Laime, G. ; Lecot, G. ; Ksiazek, T. G. ; Levis, S. ; Enria, D. A.
• Description:
  Clinical hantavirus infection was diagnosed in five Argentine children ages 5 to 11 years by immunoglobulin M (IgM)- capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using Sin Nombre virus (SNV) antigens. Death in three of the children was associated with absence of detectable IgG to SNV antigens. An additional two cases in healthy children were studied: one, a breast-fed 15-month-old whose mother died of suspected hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) 8 months previously, had hantavirus IgG (> 1:6400); a second, whose mother survived HPS during month three of pregnancy, apparently had maternal antibodies no longer detectable 1 year after birth.
• Subjects:
  Antibodies, Viral Child Child, Preschool Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Female Hantavirus Infections Humans Infant Male
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 4(1):85-87.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Argentina
• Volume:
  4
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a8fcda37bbc8bce5c6e7d1f2c493c900e21e597b2a048b509e286099dbfe476b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15471/cdc_15471_DS1.pdf
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