New World Hantavirus in Humans, French Guiana

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• Journal Article:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Personal Author:
  Matheus, Séverine ; Meynard, Jean Baptiste ; Rollin, Pierre ; Maubert, Bertrand ; Morvan, Jacques
• Description:
  Hantaviruses are etiologic agents for hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Europe and Asia and for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in the Americas. These viruses belong to the family Bunyaviridae, genus Hantavirus. The natural reservoir of these viruses is wild or domestic rodents. HPS was first described in 1993 in the Four Corners region of the United States (1). It is a respiratory illness associated with the inhalation of aerosolized rodent excreta (urine and feces) contaminated with hantavirus particles. Sin Nombre virus (SNV) was the first etiologic agent of this syndrome. Since 1993, HPS has also been reported and confirmed in 6 countries in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay (2,3). Several distinct hantaviruses have been associated with HPS, including Juquituba virus in Brazil (4), Andes virus in Southern Argentina (5), and Laguna Negra virus in Paraguay (6).
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Antibodies, Viral Child Child, Preschool Female Hantavirus Infections Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Middle Aged Orthohantavirus Seroepidemiologic Studies Zoonoses

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• Series:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1208.051619
• ISSN:
  1080-6059 (digital) ; 1080-6040 (print)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Pubmed ID:
  16972355
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3291217
• Document Type:
  Text ; Journal Article
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  French Guiana
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  8
• Citation:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 12(8):1294-1295.
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
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