title: Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the Atlantic Argentinean Patagonia region.
abstract: The hantavirus causes a hemorrhagic disease and in 1993 was responsible for an outbreak of a pulmonary syndrome in the south of the United States of America. The disease is endemic in the north of Argentina where the Oran strain is prevalent. A fatal case of the Hanta Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) occurring in a migrant agricultural worker is reported.
authors.affiliation: fbaccaro@2vias.com.ar
authors.forename: Fernando G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Baccaro
authors.forename: Jose Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rovasio
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Laguardia
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Framarini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000383:Agriculture; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D001118:Argentina; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018804:Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014171:Transients and Migrants
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral