Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in a Chilean Patient with Recent Travel in Bolivia

A case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) was serologically confirmed in a critically ill patient in Santiago, Chile. The patient's clinical course had many similarities to that of other HPS patients in North and South America but was complicated by acute severe renal failure. The patient&#...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Espinoza, Pablo Vial, Luis M. Noriega, Angela Johnson, Stuart T. Nichol, Pierre E. Rollin, Rachel Wells, Sherif Zaki, Enrique Reynolds, Thomas G. Ksiazek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1998-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/4/1/98-0112_article