Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, French Guiana

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• Journal Article:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Personal Author:
  Matheus, Séverine ; Djossou, Félix ; Moua, David ; Bourbigot, Anne Marie ; Hommel, Didier ; Lacoste, Vincent ; Dussart, Philippe ; Lavergne, Anne
• Description:
  Hantaviruses are rodent-borne negative-sense RNA viruses belonging to the Bunyaviridae family, genus Hantavirus. Since the first report of a hantavirus in 1993 in the United States (1), different viruses belonging to this genus have been reported in the Americas (2–5). These New World viruses are responsible for a disease called hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), a respiratory illness caused by the inhalation of dust contaminated by rodent feces or urine containing the virus (6–8).
• Subjects:
  • Adult
  • Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Orthohantavirus
  • Hantavirus Infections
  • Zoonoses
• Series:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1604.090831
• ISSN:
  1080-6059 (digital) ; 1080-6040 (print)
• Pubmed ID:
  20350412
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3321943
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  French Guiana
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  4
• Citation:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 16(4):739-741.
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17976/cdc_17976_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 100.21 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
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