| hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in panama: identification of novel hantaviruses and their likely reservoirs. | hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps), a severe respiratory disease with high mortality caused by rodent-borne hantaviruses, has previously been identified in the united states and canada as well as central and southern south america. in late 1999 and early 2000, an outbreak of acute illness compatible with hps was reported in los santos, panama, with the death of 3 of the 12 (25%) suspected cases. hantavirus-specific antibodies were detected in patient sera, and virus rna was detected by reverse ... | 2000 | 11062031 |
| serosurvey of wild rodents for hantaviruses in panama, 2000-2002. | five hundred fifty-six samples representing 24 species of small mammals (two species of marsupials and 22 rodents) were collected in panama between february 2000 and july 2002. the samples were examined for antibodies to hantaviruses by means of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or immunoblot assays. the serologic results indicated that several rodent species might act as hantaviral reservoirs in panama: costa rican pygmy rice rat (oligoryzomys fulvescens costaricensis), four positive of 72 test ... | 2004 | 15137495 |
| community ecology of small mammal populations in panamá following an outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. | in late 1999 and early 2000, an outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) occurred in and around los santos, on the azuero peninsula of southwestern panamá. this hps episode, resulting in 22% case fatality, was linked to the costa rican pigmy rice rat, oligoryzomys fulvescens costaricensis, which harbored a then undescribed hantavirus, choclo virus. in addition, cherrie's cane rat, zygodontomys brevicauda cherriei, was identified as carrying a distinct hantavirus, calabazo virus with no kn ... | 2004 | 15266755 |
| outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, los santos, panama, 1999-2000. | an outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome occurred in the province of los santos, panama, in late 1999 and early 2000. eleven cases were identified; 9 were confirmed by serology. three cases were fatal; however, no confirmed case-patient died. case-neighborhood serologic surveys resulted in an overall hantavirus antibody prevalence of 13% among household and neighborhood members from the outbreak foci. epidemiologic investigations did not suggest person-to-person transmission of hantavirus in ... | 2004 | 15498167 |
| hantavirus infection and habitat associations among rodent populations in agroecosystems of panama: implications for human disease risk. | hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (hcps), which is caused by infection with choclo virus, is uncommon in panama, yet seropositivity among rural residents is as high as 60%. to clarify the environmental risk factors favoring rodent-to-human transmission, we tested serum from 3,067 rodents captured over a five-year period for antibodies against recombinant n protein of hantavirus by enzyme immunoassay and strip immunoblot. among 220 seropositive rodents, oligoryzomys fulvescens, the reservoir of ... | 2009 | 19556568 |