A Cluster of Three Cases of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome among Canadian Military Personnel

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a rare illness in eastern Canada. We present three cases of HPS among military personnel in Quebec. The three cases shared a common exposure to mouse excreta while engaged in military training in Alberta, a western province of Canada.

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Autores principales: Parkes, Leighanne O., Nguyen, Trong Tien, Longtin, Jean, Beaudoin, Marie-Claude, Bestman-Smith, Julie, Vinh, Donald C., Boivin, Guy, Loo, Vivian G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4904570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27366160
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2757969
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author Parkes, Leighanne O.
Nguyen, Trong Tien
Longtin, Jean
Beaudoin, Marie-Claude
Bestman-Smith, Julie
Vinh, Donald C.
Boivin, Guy
Loo, Vivian G.
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Nguyen, Trong Tien
Longtin, Jean
Beaudoin, Marie-Claude
Bestman-Smith, Julie
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description Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a rare illness in eastern Canada. We present three cases of HPS among military personnel in Quebec. The three cases shared a common exposure to mouse excreta while engaged in military training in Alberta, a western province of Canada.
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spelling pubmed-49045702016-06-30 A Cluster of Three Cases of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome among Canadian Military Personnel Parkes, Leighanne O. Nguyen, Trong Tien Longtin, Jean Beaudoin, Marie-Claude Bestman-Smith, Julie Vinh, Donald C. Boivin, Guy Loo, Vivian G. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol Case Report Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a rare illness in eastern Canada. We present three cases of HPS among military personnel in Quebec. The three cases shared a common exposure to mouse excreta while engaged in military training in Alberta, a western province of Canada. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4904570/ /pubmed/27366160 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2757969 Text en Copyright © 2016 Leighanne O. Parkes et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Parkes, Leighanne O.
Nguyen, Trong Tien
Longtin, Jean
Beaudoin, Marie-Claude
Bestman-Smith, Julie
Vinh, Donald C.
Boivin, Guy
Loo, Vivian G.
A Cluster of Three Cases of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome among Canadian Military Personnel
title A Cluster of Three Cases of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome among Canadian Military Personnel
title_full A Cluster of Three Cases of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome among Canadian Military Personnel
title_fullStr A Cluster of Three Cases of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome among Canadian Military Personnel
title_full_unstemmed A Cluster of Three Cases of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome among Canadian Military Personnel
title_short A Cluster of Three Cases of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome among Canadian Military Personnel
title_sort cluster of three cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome among canadian military personnel
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4904570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27366160
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2757969
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