| genetic investigation of novel hantaviruses causing fatal hps in brazil. | although hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) was discovered in north america in 1993, more recent investigations have shown that the disease is a much larger problem in south america, where a greater number of cases and hps-associated viruses have now been detected. here we describe the genetic investigation of three fatal hps cases from brazil, including a 1995 case in castelo dos sonhos (cas) in the state of mato grosso and two 1996 cases in the counties of araraquara (ara) and franca (fra), i ... | 1999 | 10534737 |