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Andes Virus and First Case Report of Bermejo Virus Causing Fatal Pulmonary Syndrome

Two suspected hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) cases from Bolivia were confirmed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. (ELISA)-ANDES was performed using N-Andes recombinant antigen serology in May and July 2000. Clot RNAs from the two patients were subjected to reverse transcription–polymerase ch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Padula, Paula, Della Valle, Marcelo González, Alai, María Garcia, Cortada, Pedro, Villagra, Mario, Gianella, Alberto
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11971782
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0804.010300
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Sumario:Two suspected hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) cases from Bolivia were confirmed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. (ELISA)-ANDES was performed using N-Andes recombinant antigen serology in May and July 2000. Clot RNAs from the two patients were subjected to reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and sequencing. We describe two characterized cases of HPS. One was caused by infection with Bermejo virus and the other with Andes Nort viral lineage, both previously obtained from Oligoryzomys species. This is the first report of molecular identification of a human hantavirus associated with Bermejo virus.