Abstract
Human Hantavirus Infection, Brazilian Amazon
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To the Editor: Since hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) caused by Sin Nombre virus (SNV) was identified in the southwestern United States in 1993, cases have been diagnosed in many Latin American countries, and an increasing number of hantaviruses and their rodent reservoirs have been reported [1]
We report here the first human cases of HPS in the state of Amazonas in the western part of the Brazilian Amazon
The IgG and immunoglobulin M (IgM) enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) results for hantavirus were positive in both acute- and convalescent-phase serum samples
Summary
To the Editor: Since hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) caused by Sin Nombre virus (SNV) was identified in the southwestern United States in 1993, cases have been diagnosed in many Latin American countries, and an increasing number of hantaviruses and their rodent reservoirs have been reported [1]. The first human cases of symptomatic infection by hantaviruses were reported from Brazil in 1993, in Juquitiba (São Paulo State). We report here the first human cases of HPS in the state of Amazonas in the western part of the Brazilian Amazon.
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