New Exposure Location for Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Case, California, USA, 2018

We describe a case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a patient exposed to Sin Nombre virus in a coastal county in California, USA, that had no previous record of human cases. Environmental evaluation coupled with genotypic analysis of virus isolates from the case-patient and locally trapped rodent...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kjemtrup, Anne M., Messenger, Sharon, Meza, Amy M., Feiszli, Tina, Yoshimizu, Melissa Hardstone, Padgett, Kerry, Singh, Sunita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6759255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31538924
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2510.190058
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Sumario:We describe a case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a patient exposed to Sin Nombre virus in a coastal county in California, USA, that had no previous record of human cases. Environmental evaluation coupled with genotypic analysis of virus isolates from the case-patient and locally trapped rodents identified the likely exposure location.

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