| [hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in buenos aires province]. | in argentina the first hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) cases were characterized in 1995. since then, argentina is the country with the highest number of notified cases in south america. the disease is distributed in northern, southern and central regions of the country, being buenos aires the most affected province from the central region. in this study, we present seasonal and geographical distribution of hps cases in buenos aires province, the association with diverse viral lineages and th ... | 2001 | 11374136 |
| [new epidemiologic and molecular evidence of person to person transmission of hantavirus andes sout]. | after the hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) outbreak occurred in southern argentina (patagonia) in 1996, a new mechanism of hantavirus spread was described for andes virus (and): person-to-person transmission. since then, this mode of transmission has been limited to the endemic area of and sout lineage. we report here an hps case, patient a, with residence in buenos aires province, whose unique epidemiological risk factor was to have shared a trip to southern argentina with an already ill per ... | 2004 | 15034956 |
| prevalence of hantavirus infection in wild rattus norvegicus and r. rattus populations of buenos aires city, argentina. | to determine the prevalence of infection with hantaviruses in wild rattus norvegicus and r. rattus populations in areas of buenos aires city. | 2008 | 18291001 |