Cluster of cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Alberta, Canada.
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.
Webster
Duncan
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. dvwebste@dal.ca
Lee
Bonita
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Joffe
Ari
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Sligl
Wendy
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Dick
Daryl
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Grolla
Allen
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Feldmann
Heinz
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Yacoub
Wadieh
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Grimsrud
Karen
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Safronetz
David
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Lindsay
Robbin
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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
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G