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Two Atypical Cases of Hantavirus Infection: Experience from a Tertiary Care Unit in Sri Lanka

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2021
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, S. Bowattage, L. Herath, A. Rajaratnam   +3 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]

, 1998
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, Cerimele, Decio, Cottoni, Francesca Maria Giovanna, Faggioni, Alberto, Heston, Lee, Lin, Su-Fang, Masala, Maria Vittoria, Miller, George, Rigsby, Michael, Sirianni, Maria Caterina, Sun, Ren, Uccini, Stefania   +11 more
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Hantavirus Transmission in the United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1997
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, Joni Young, R. Joel Williams, Lori R. Armstrong, Kristi Busico, Ali S. Khan, Thomas G. Ksiazek, Pierre E. Rollin, Sherif R. Zaki, Stuart T. Nichol, C.J. Peters   +10 more
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Sin Nombre Virus and the Emergence of Other Hantaviruses: A Review of the Biology, Ecology, and Disease of a Zoonotic Pathogen

Biology, 2023
Sin Nombre virus (SNV) is an emerging virus that was first discovered in the Four Corners region of the United States in 1993. The virus causes a disease known as Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), sometimes called Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ...
Andrew T. Jacob, Benjamin M. Ziegler, Stefania M. Farha, Lyla R. Vivian, Cora A. Zilinski, Alexis R. Armstrong, Andrew J. Burdette, Dia C. Beachboard, Christopher C. Stobart   +8 more
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Diffusion and Home Range Parameters from Rodent Population Measurements in Panama

, 2005
Simple random walk considerations are used to interpret rodent population data collected in Hantavirus-related investigations in Panama regarding the short-tailed cane mouse, \emph{Zygodontomys brevicauda}.
Abramson, G., Giuggioli, L., Kenkre, V. M., Marcé, E., Suzán, G., Yates, T. L.   +5 more
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Human and rodent humoral immune responses to Andes virus structural proteins [PDF]

, 2005
In the present work we identified B-cell epitopes recognized by sera of humans and rodents naturally infected with Andes virus, a hantavirus present in Chile and Argentina.
Tischler, Nicole D., Galeno, Héctor, Rosemblatt, Mario, Valenzuela, Pablo D.T.   +3 more
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Association of low serum TGF-β level in hantavirus infected patients with severe disease [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Hantaviruses are emerging zoonotic pathogens which cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, an immune-mediated pathogenesis is discussed.
Daniel, Volker, Ettinger, Jakob, Hofmann, Jörg, Lahdou, Imad, Navid, Mojdeh Heidary, Opelz, Gerhard, Sadeghi, Mahmoud, Schnitzler, Paul, Zeier, Martin   +8 more
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Characteristics of Hantaviruses as Causative Agents of the Zoonotic Hemorrhagic Fevers

Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2017
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) has been a major concern for public health in different countries of the Euroasian continent for decades.
A. A. Ishmukhametov, T. K. Dzagurova, V. G. Morozov, C. C. Kurashova, M. V. Balovneva, C. E. Sotskova, E. A. Tkachenko   +6 more
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Complex evolution and epidemiology of Dobrava-Belgrade hantavirus: definition of genotypes and their characteristics. [PDF]

, 2013
Dobrava-Belgrade virus (DOBV) is a human pathogen that has evolved in, and is hosted by, mice of several species of the genus Apodemus. We propose a subdivision of the species Dobrava-Belgrade virus into four related genotypes – Dobrava, Kurkino ...
Avsic-Zupanc, T., Clement, J., Dzagurova, T.K., Henttonen, Heikki, Heyman, P., Jakab, F., Klempa, B., Kruger, D.G., Maes, P., Papa, A., Tkachenko, A.A., Ulrich, R.G., Vaheri, A., Vapalahti, O.   +13 more
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Hantavirus Infection in Anajatuba, Maranhão, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
In 2000, the first outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome was recognized in the Brazilian Amazon (Maranhão State). An epidemiologic study identified a 13.3% prevalence of hantavirus-specific immunoglobulin G. The analysis of risk factors suggests that
Wellington S. Mendes, Antônio A.M. da Silva, Luís F.C. Aragão, Nelson J.L. Aragão, Maria de L. Raposo, Mauro R. Elkhoury, Akemi Suzuky, Ivani B. Ferreira, Luíza Teresinha de Sousa, Cláudio S. Pannuti   +9 more
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