New Exposure Location for Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Case, California, USA, 2018

We describe a case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a patient exposed to Sin Nombre virus in a coastal county in California, USA, that had no previous record of human cases. Environmental evaluation coupled with genotypic analysis of virus isolates from the case-patient and locally trapped rodent...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2019-10, Vol.25 (10), p.1962-1964
Hauptverfasser:	Kjemtrup, Anne M, Messenger, Sharon, Meza, Amy M, Feiszli, Tina, Yoshimizu, Melissa Hardstone, Padgett, Kerry, Singh, Sunita
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Analysis Dispatch Hantavirus infections hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Infection molecular epidemiology New Exposure Location for Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Case, California, USA, 2018 Peromyscus maniculatus Rodents Sin Nombre virus vector-borne diseases viruses
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Zusammenfassung:	We describe a case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a patient exposed to Sin Nombre virus in a coastal county in California, USA, that had no previous record of human cases. Environmental evaluation coupled with genotypic analysis of virus isolates from the case-patient and locally trapped rodents identified the likely exposure location.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2510.190058