Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, Central Plateau, Southeastern, and Southern Brazil

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, Central Plateau, Southeastern, and Southern Brazil

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is an increasing health problem in Brazil because of encroachment of sprawling urban, agricultural, and cattle-raising areas into habitats of subfamily Sigmodontinae rodents, which serve as hantavirus reservoirs. From 1993 through June 2007, a total of 884 cases o...

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Main Authors: Luiz T.M. Figueiredo, Marcos L. Moreli, Ricardo L.M. de Sousa, Alessandra A. Borges, Glauciane G. de Figueiredo, Alex M. Machado, Ivani Bisordi, Teresa K. Nagasse-Sugahara, Akemi Suzuki, Luiz E. Pereira, Renato P. de Souza, Luiza T.M. de Souza, Carla T. Braconi, Charlotte M. Harsi, Paolo M. de Andrade Zanotto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Hantavirus
Araraquara virus
Juquitiba virus
hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Brazil
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/4/08-0289_article

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