Twenty-Year Summary of Surveillance for Human Hantavirus Infections, United States

In the past 20 years of surveillance for hantavirus in humans in the United States, 624 cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) have been reported, 96% of which occurred in states west of the Mississippi River. Most hantavirus infections are caused by Sin Nombre virus, but cases of HPS caused b...

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Main Authors: Barbara Knust, Pierre E. Rollin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/12/13-1217_article