title: Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome--United States, 1993.
abstract: In June 1993, a newly recognized hantavirus was identified as the etiologic agent of an outbreak of severe respiratory illness (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome [HPS]) in the southwestern United States. Since this problem was recognized, sporadic cases have been identified from a wide geographic area in the western United States. This report summarizes the epidemiologic characteristics of HPS cases reported to CDC from May 1 through December 31, 1993.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002044:Bunyaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010542:Peromyscus / Q000382:microbiology*; D013577:Syndrome; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology