cocirculation of multiple hantaviruses in texas, with characterization of the small (s) genome of a previously undescribed virus of cotton rats (sigmodon hispidus). | an environmental and laboratory investigation was conducted after a fatal childhood case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome occurred in deaf smith county, texas in may 1995. a trapping campaign was conducted to identify possible rodent carriers. six species of murid and heteromyid rodents were collected, and at least one hantavirus-seropositive specimen was found in each of the five murid species. tissues from a selection of 11 seropositive specimens were examined by the polymerase chain reaction ... | 1996 | 9025697 |
prevalence of antibodies to sin nombre virus in humans living in rural areas of southern new mexico and western texas. | | 2001 | 11226584 |
a longitudinal study of bayou virus, hosts, and habitat. | what is currently known about the ecology of north american hantaviruses has come largely from studies on sin nombre virus (snv). we conducted a longitudinal study of bayou virus (bayv), the second-leading agent of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the united states. antibodies to hantavirus were detected from oryzomys palustris (most commonly infected species), sigmodon hispidus, peromyscus leucopus, reithrodontomys fulvescens, and baiomys taylori. however, only o. palustris had viral rna in tis ... | 2005 | 16354810 |
hantavirus pulmonary syndrome--five states, 2006. | hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) is a rodentborne viral disease characterized by severe pulmonary illness and a case-fatality ratio of 30%-40%. sin nombre virus causes the majority of hps cases in the united states, and the deer mouse (peromyscus maniculatus) is its predominant reservoir. this report describes an increase in human cases of hps reported during january-march 2006 from arizona, new mexico, north dakota, texas, and washington state. the findings emphasize the need for renewed att ... | 2006 | 16760891 |
update on hantavirus in oklahoma: are we missing cases? | hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) was first recognized in 1993. through july 6, 2005, 396 cases have been reported in the us, including 50 from kansas, texas, and oklahoma. we report the second case of hps in oklahoma and present data from rodent testing to support the presence of hantaviruses across oklahoma. we examined oklahoma death certificates for 1999-2003 for possible unreported hps cases. the rate of death in young adults 15-49 years due to acute respiratory distress syndrome was 69% ... | 2007 | 17557601 |
hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in texas: 1993-2006. | hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) is a rare cardiopulmonary disease that was first described after a 1993 epidemic in the southwestern united states. this study reviewed all cases reported in texas to date. | 2009 | 19077779 |
muleshoe virus and other hantaviruses associated with neotomine or sigmodontine rodents in texas. | the broad objective of this study was to increase our knowledge of muleshoe virus and other hantaviruses associated with cricetid rodents in texas. anti-hantavirus antibody was found in 38 (3.2%) of 1171 neotomine rodents and 6 (1.8%) of 332 sigmodontine rodents from 10 texas counties; hantaviral rna was detected in 23 (71.9%) of 32 antibody-positive rodents. analyses of nucleocapsid protein gene sequences indicated muleshoe virus infection in four hispid cotton rats (sigmodon hispidus) from nor ... | 2017 | 28714801 |