Emerging hantaviruses in Central Argentina: First case of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome caused by Alto Paraguay virus, and a novel orthohantavirus in Scapteromys aquaticus rodent

Orthohantaviruses are emerging rodent-borne pathogens that cause Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in humans. They have a wide range of rodent reservoir hosts and are transmitted to humans through aerosolized viral particles generated by the excretions of infected individuals. Since the first descriptio...

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Main Authors: Carla Bellomo, Daniel Oscar Alonso, Tamara Ricardo, Rocío Coelho, Sebastián Kehl, Natalia Periolo, Viviana Azogaray, Natalia Casas, Mariano Ottonelli, Laura Cristina Bergero, María Carolina Cudós, María Andrea Previtali, Valeria Paula Martinez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-11-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8598061/?tool=EBI