1. Pathogenic hantaviruses, northeastern Argentina and eastern Paraguay.
- Author
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Padula P, Martinez VP, Bellomo C, Maidana S, San Juan J, Tagliaferri P, Bargardi S, Vazquez C, Colucci N, Estévez J, and Almiron M
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- Adolescent, Adult, Animals, Argentina epidemiology, Base Sequence, Child, Disease Reservoirs virology, Female, Orthohantavirus isolation & purification, Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome transmission, Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome veterinary, Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome virology, Humans, Male, Paraguay epidemiology, Phylogeny, Rodent Diseases epidemiology, Rodent Diseases transmission, Rodent Diseases virology, Rodentia, Zoonoses transmission, Zoonoses virology, Orthohantavirus genetics, Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome epidemiology
- Abstract
We describe the first, to our knowledge, cases of han-tavirus pulmonary syndrome in northeastern Argentina and eastern Paraguay. Andes and Juquitiba (JUQ) viruses were characterized. JUQV was also confirmed in 5 Oligoryzomys nigripes reservoir species from Misiones. A novel Akodon-borne genetic hantavirus lineage was detected in 1 rodent from the Biologic Reserve of Limoy.
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- 2007
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