Acute Sin Nombre Hantavirus Infection without Pulmonary Syndrome, United States
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) occurs in most infections with Sin Nombre virus and other North American hantaviruses. We report five cases of acute hantavirus infection that did not fit the HPS case definition.
Paul T. Kitsutani +10 more
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Intersecting Paths of Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) shares common clinicopathologic features with other severe pulmonary illnesses. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome was diagnosed in 2 patients in Arizona, USA, suspected of dying from infection with
Tais M. Wilson +9 more
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Differential Regulation of PAI-1 in Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome and Hemorrhagic Fever With Renal Syndrome [PDF]
We analyzed the levels of circulating tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI)-1 in acute hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS).
Avsic-Zupanc, Tatjana +8 more
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Dihydropyridine-derived calcium channel blocker as a promising anti-hantavirus entry inhibitor
Hantaviruses, the causative agent for two types of hemorrhagic fevers, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), are distributed from Eurasia to America.
Bin Wang +17 more
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Potential geographic distribution of Hantavirus reservoirs in Brazil [PDF]
Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome is an emerging zoonosis in Brazil. Human infections occur via inhalation of aerosolized viral particles from excreta of infected wild rodents.
A Suzuki +67 more
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Gene S Characterization of Hantavirus Species Seoul Virus Isolated From Rattus Norvegicuson an Indonesian Island [PDF]
Background: Hantavirus lives and reproduces in the body of rodents. Rattus norvegicuswas one found in the Kepulauan Seribu islands of Indonesia.
Ibrahim, I. N. (Ima) +2 more
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We report the results of an investigation of a small outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in 2002 in the Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where the disease had not previously been reported. Two cases were initially reported.
Joel M Montgomery +11 more
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High prevalence of antibodies to human herpesvirus 8 in relatives of patients with classic Kaposi's sarcoma from Sardinia [PDF]
A survey for antibodies to a recombinant small viral capsid antigen (sVCA) of human herpesvirus type 8 (HHV‐8) was conducted in Sardinia, one of the world's highest incidence areas for classic Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Prevalence of antibodies to HHV‐8 sVCA
Angeloni, Antonio +11 more
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Two Atypical Cases of Hantavirus Infection: Experience from a Tertiary Care Unit in Sri Lanka
Hantaviruses are a large family of enveloped viruses with two medically important families Cricetidae and Muridae which are known to cause rodent-borne diseases worldwide.
S. Rupasinghe +3 more
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Hantavirus Transmission in the United States
In 1996, investigation of a hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) outbreak in southern Argentina found evidence of person-to-person transmission of a hantavirus.
Rachel M. Wells +10 more
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