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Hantavirus
Research from University of New Mexico provides new data about hantavirus
April 28th, 2009
"Andes virus (ANDV) is the predominant etiologic agent of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) in southern South America. In Chile, serologically confirmed human hantavirus infections have occurred throughout a wide latitudinal distribution extending from the regions of Valparaiso (32 to 33 S) to Aysen (46 S) in southern Patagonia," investigators in the United States report. "In this study, we found seropositive rodents further north in the Coquimbo region (30 S) in Chile. Rodent seroprevalence was 1.4%, with Oligoryzomys longicaudatus displaying the highest seroprevalence (5.9%), followed by Abrothrix longipilis (1.9%) and other species exhibiting <= 0.6%...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-28)
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