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Prospective Evaluation of Household Contacts of Persons with Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome in Chile [PDF]

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2007
Andes virus (ANDV) infection, which has a case fatality rate of 37% in Chile, often occurs in household clusters and may be transmitted from person to person.To determine the incidence and risk factors for additional household cases, we conducted a prospective study among recent household contacts of persons with hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome ...
Marcela, Ferres, Pablo, Vial, Claudia, Marco, Lia, Yanez, Paula, Godoy, Constanza, Castillo, Brian, Hjelle, Iris, Delgado, Sang-Joon, Lee, Gregory J, Mertz   +9 more
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[Controversies on corticosteroid therapy in hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome].

Medicina, 2021
Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome is an emerging zoonosis in Argentina, which has low incidence but high death rates. No specific pharmacological therapy is available and symptomatic therapy is the only current alternative. This article presents the pathogenesis of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome through a review of clinical experiences in ...
Pablo A, Saúl, Milagro, Sánchez-Cunto, Rosana A, Gregori-Sabelli, Norberto R, Chacón, Viviana, Chediack, Eleonora R, Cunto   +5 more
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Elevated Generation of Reactive Oxygen/Nitrogen Species in Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome [PDF]

Journal of Virology, 2002
ABSTRACTHantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) is a life-threatening respiratory disease characterized by profound pulmonary edema and myocardial depression. Most cases of HCPS in North America are caused by Sin Nombre virus (SNV), which is carried asymptomatically by deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus).
Ian C, Davis, Allan J, Zajac, Kurt B, Nolte, Jason, Botten, Brian, Hjelle, Sadis, Matalon   +5 more
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Seropositivity diagnosis for hantavirus in Jataí, Goiás State, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
INTRODUCTION: Emerging diseases are of great interest, especially those associated with high mortality rates such as hantaviruses. We aimed to conduct a seroepidemiological survey to determine the levels of hantavirus infection.
Marcos Lázaro Moreli, Daiane Pereira da Silva Novaes, Enia Cristina Flor, Marielena Vogel Saivish, Vivaldo Gomes da Costa   +4 more
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Characterization of Juquitiba Virus in Oligoryzomys fornesi from Brazilian Cerrado

Viruses, 2014
The Juquitiba virus, an agent of Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome, is one of the most widely distributed hantavirus found in South America. It has been detected in Oligoryzomys nigripes, Akodon montensis, Oxymycterus judex, Akodon paranaensis in ...
Alexandro Guterres, Renata Carvalho de Oliveira, Jorlan Fernandes, Liana Strecht, Flavia Casado, Flavio Cesar Gomes de Oliveira, Paulo Sérgio D'Andrea, Cibele Rodrigues Bonvicino, Carlos Guerra Schrago, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos   +9 more
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Andes Virus Antigens Are Shed in Urine of Patients with Acute Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome [PDF]

Journal of Virology, 2009
ABSTRACTHantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) is a highly pathogenic emerging disease (40% case fatality rate) caused by New World hantaviruses. Hantavirus infections are transmitted to humans mainly by inhalation of virus-contaminated aerosol particles of rodent excreta and secretions. At present, there are no antiviral drugs or immunotherapeutic
Godoy, P., Marsac, D., Stefas, E., Ferrer, P., Tischler, N. D., Pino, K., Ramdohr, P., Vial, P., Valenzuela, P. D. T., Ferres, M., /Veas, Francisco, Lopez-Lastra, M.   +11 more
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GBP1, an interferon‐inducible GTPase, inhibits Hantaan viral entry by restricting clathrin‐mediated endocytosis

Journal of Medical Virology, Volume 96, Issue 7, July 2024.
Morgan Brisse, Hinh Ly
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First serologic evidence of human hantavirus infection in Alagoas State in Northeastern Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
INTRODUCTION: Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) is rare in Northeastern Brazil. METHODS: Prospective surveillance was conducted over a two-year period in Alagoas State, Northeastern Brazil.
José Alfredo dos Santos-Júnior, Flávio Martins dos Santos, Patrícia Alves Barros, Nedja Poliane Torres Medeiros, Gilberto Sabino-Santos Júnior, Magliones Carneiro de Lima, Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo, Alessandra Abel Borges   +7 more
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[Sociodemographic risk factors of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome].

Revista chilena de infectologia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 2020
Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) is caused by new world hantaviruses, among which Andes hantavirus (ANDV) is endemic to Chile and Southern Argentina. The disease caused by ANDV produces plasma leakage leading to enhanced vascular permeability and has a high case fatality rate (35%), mainly due to respiratory failure, pulmonary edema and ...
Cecilia, Vial C, Francisca, Valdivieso R, Analía, Cuiza V, Iris, Delgado B, Grazielle, Ribeiro E, Elena, Llop R, Marcela, Ferrés G, Gabriela M, Repetto L, Raúl, Riquelme O, M Luisa, Rioseco Z, Mario, Calvo A, Gregory, Mertz, Pablo A, Vial C   +12 more
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Graduate Medical Education Research Journal, 2019
Mentor: Michael Smith Program: Internal Medicine Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome (HCPS) is a relatively uncommon zoonotic viral illness classically associated with the southwestern United States.
Ian Cormier, Edin Pujagic, Neil Bhogal, Michael Smith   +3 more
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