Year: 2004
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: An outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome occurred in the province of Los Santos, Panama, in late 1999 and early 2000. Eleven cases were identified; 9 were confirmed by serology. Three cases were fatal; however, no confirmed case-patient died. Case-neighborhood serologic surveys resulted in an overall hantavirus antibody prevalence of 13% among household and neighborhood members from the outbreak foci. Epidemiologic investigations did not suggest person-to-person transmission of hantavirus infection. By use of Sin Nombre virus antigen, hantavirus antibodies were detected in Oligoryzomys fulvescens and Zygodontomys brevicauda cherriei. This outbreak resulted in the first documented cases of human hantavirus infections in Central America.
Source: Emerging infectious diseases
Authors: Vicente Bayard, Paul T. Kitsutani, Eduardo O. Barria, Luis A. Ruedas, David S. Tinnin, Carlos Muñoz, Itza B. de Mosca, Gladys Guerrero, Rudick Kant, Arsenio Garcia, Lorenzo Caceres, Fernando G. Gracia, Evelia Quiroz, Zoila de Castillo, Blas Armien, Marlo Libel, James N. Mills, Ali S. Khan, Stuart T. Nichol, Pierre E. Rollin, Thomas G. Ksiazek, Clarence J. Peters
Institutions: Universidad de Panamá, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of New Mexico, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Language: English
Topic: Viral Infections and Vectors
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2096982373