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PRO/AH/EDR> Hantavirus update – Asia (05): India (MH) comment

Hantavirus -- IndiaThe fatal case of a 12-year-old boy from Colaba (part of Mumbai city, Maharashtra, India) is not the 1st ever case of hantavirus infection in Mumbai, as the health officials now stated. Reviewing literature and/or ProMED mailings in reverse chronological order, we found following reports from the Mumbai region:1. Pooja R Murphy et al described recently (2016) a fatal case of IgM-confirmed acute hantavirus infection in a 30-year-old female, admitted at the Holy Family Hospital, Read more [...]