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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1912.131217
Personal Author:
Knust, Barbara ; Rollin, Pierre E.
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Description:
In the past 20 years of surveillance for hantavirus in humans in the United States, 624 cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) have been reported, 96% of which occurred in states west of the Mississippi River. Most hantavirus infections are caused by Sin Nombre virus, but cases of HPS caused by Bayou, Black Creek Canal, Monongahela, and New York viruses have been reported, and cases of domestically acquired hemorrhagic fever and renal syndrome caused by Seoul virus have also occurred. Rarely, hantavirus infections result in mild illness that does not progress to HPS. Continued testing and surveillance of clinical cases in humans will improve our understanding of the etiologic agents involved and the spectrum of diseases.
Subject:
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Geography, Medical
Hantavirus/classification
Hantavirus/genetics
Hantavirus Infections/epidemiology
Hantavirus Infections/virology
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome/epidemiology
Humans
Population Surveillance
Sin Nombre Virus/genetics
Synopsis

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 19(12):1934-1937.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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