Rio Mamore Virus and Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, Brazil

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• Journal Article:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Personal Author:
  Carvalho de Oliveira, Renata ; Cordeiro-Santos, Marcelo ; Guterres, Alexandro ; Fernandes, Jorlan ; de Melo, Alexsandro X. ; João, Guilherme A.P. ; Novais, Maria A.M. ; Travassos da Rosa, Elizabeth Salbé ; Vasconcelos, Pedro Fernando da Costa ; Vilges de Oliveira, Stefan ; Cláudio de Albuquerque, Bernardino ; Sampaio de Lemos, Elba Regina
• Description:
  Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is an acute, severe, frequently fatal disease associated with cardiopulmonary failure; it is caused by hantaviruses naturally hosted by wild rodents. Rio Mamore virus (RIOMV) was first described in 1996 in Bolivia; it was associated with the small-eared pygmy rice rat, Oligoryzomys microtis (1). Subsequently, 1 strain of RIOMV was isolated from O. microtis rats in Peru, designated HTN-007 (2); and 2 strains were recovered in the Brazilian Amazon from O. microtis rats (RIOMV-3) and uncharacterized species of rodents of the genus Oligoryzomys (RIOMV-4) (3). Recently, HPS cases associated with RIOMV have been reported: 2 cases in Peru (4) and 1 case in French Guiana (caused by a variant named Maripa virus) (5). We report isolation of a strain of RIOMV from a patient with fatal HPS in Brazil.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Female Hantavirus Infections Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Humans Male Middle Aged Orthohantavirus Zoonoses
• Series:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2009.131472
• ISSN:
  1080-6059 (digital) ; 1080-6040 (print)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Pubmed ID:
  25152089
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4178416
• Document Type:
  Text ; Journal Article
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Brazil
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  South America
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  9
• Citation:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 20(9):1568-1570.
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
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