title: Cluster of cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Alberta, Canada.
abstract: In May 2005, a cluster of four hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) cases was confirmed in Alberta, Canada. The cluster is unusual given that three cases were from a single family and involved a 7-year-old child. This is the first family cluster reported in Canada and includes one of the youngest cases of HPS reported in North America.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. dvwebste@dal.ca
authors.forename: Duncan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Webster
authors.forename: Bonita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ari
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joffe
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sligl
authors.forename: Daryl
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dick
authors.forename: Allen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grolla
authors.forename: Heinz
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Feldmann
authors.forename: Wadieh
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yacoub
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grimsrud
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Safronetz
authors.forename: Robbin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lindsay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005190:Family; D018804:Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D008875:Middle Aged; D010542:Peromyscus; D029261:Sin Nombre virus / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G