Update: hantavirus disease--southwestern United States, 1993.
Since May 1993, the state health departments in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah; the Indian Health Service; and CDC, with the assistance of the Navajo Nation Division of Health, have been investigating an outbreak of acute respiratory illness related to a newly recognized hantavirus (1-5). This report updates the investigation and presents information on a recent case of hantavirus-associated respiratory disease in a resident of Nevada.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002044:Bunyaviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009505:Nevada; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D015206:Southwestern United States / Q000453:epidemiology