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PRO/AH/EDR> Hantavirus – Americas (54): Panama (LS) comment, Brazil

October 24, 2017 editor Global Disease Alerts
Hantavirus -- PanamaClement J, Neild GH, Maes P, Leirs H, Matthys P and Van Ranst M. Symptomatic human hantavirus in the Americas. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007;13(2):345-6.In a recent letter, dos Santos et al. described 3 cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) from Juquitiba and stated that "the 1st human cases of symptomatic infection by hantaviruses were reported from Brazil in 1993." However, we described 8 cases of symptomatic hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Recife, Brazil, 5 Read more [...]
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