| hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in santa cruz, bolivia: outbreak investigation and antibody prevalence study. | we report the results of an investigation of a small outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in 2002 in the department of santa cruz, bolivia, where the disease had not previously been reported. two cases were initially reported. the first case was a physician infected with laguna negra virus during a weekend visit to his ranch. four other persons living on the ranch were igm antibody-positive, two of whom were symptomatic for mild hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. the second case was a migrant s ... | 2012 | 23094116 |
| hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in central bolivia: relationships between reservoir hosts, habitats, and viral genotypes. | in august 2002, two cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) were confirmed in mineros and concepcion, within the santa cruz department of bolivia. extensive alteration of the native ecosystem, from dense forest to pasture or sugarcane, had occurred in both regions. an ecologic assessment of reservoir species associated with the human disease identified a single hantavirus antibody-positive oligoryzomys microtis from mineros and three hantavirus antibody-positive calomys callosus from concep ... | 2005 | 15728866 |