| andes virus associated with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in northern argentina and determination of the precise site of infection. | hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) has been documented in the salta and jujuy provinces of northern argentina since 1991 and 1997, respectively, accounting for almost 50% of the cases of hps reported in this country. andes (and) virus, specifically the and virus nort lineage, was previously associated with human disease in this region. genetic analysis of viral medium rna segments obtained from 18 hps cases showed the existence of three and virus nort sublineages co-circulating in these two pro ... | 2002 | 12224579 |
| hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in tucumán province associated to an unexpected viral genotype. | we describe the characterization of the viral genotype involved in the first case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome reported in tucumán, a northwestern province of argentina. a 23-year-old woman, with no record of travel history and previously diagnosed with an antiphospholipid syndrome, died after 11 days of severe cardiopulmonary insufficiency. among the four endemic regions of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in argentina, the northwest region has the highest incidence, exceeding 50% of all repor ... | 2017 | 28463210 |