| hints on hantavirus. | | 1995 | 7588470 |
| hantavirus pulmonary syndrome: the four corners disease. | to review the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of hantavirus infections, focusing on the recent outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the us. | 1995 | 7711347 |
| short report: prevalence of hantavirus infection in rodents associated with two fatal human infections in california. | rodents living near two fatal human cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in california were surveyed for evidence of hantavirus infection. seventeen (15%) (14 peromyscus maniculatus and one each of p. truei, eutamias minimus, and microtus californicus) of 114 rodents tested had evidence (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or polymerase chain reaction) of hantavirus infection. this suggests that peromyscus mice, and p. maniculatus in particular, may be the reservoir for the virus causing this ne ... | 1995 | 7872450 |
| hantavirus: emergency department response to a disaster from an emerging pathogen. | in may 1993, the appearance of critically ill patients with unexplained respiratory distress was noted in the four corners area formed by new mexico, arizona, and colorado. this epidemic was ultimately linked to a hantavirus, an emerging pathogen. the impact on the emergency department of a new infectious disease with respiratory distress is described. a model is proposed to manage infectious disease disasters. emerging infections that are important to emergency physicians are discussed. recomme ... | 1994 | 8080140 |
| recognition of hantavirus infection in the rural setting: report of first colorado resident to survive. | since may 1993, there has been an outbreak of an acute illness with nonspecific symptoms and signs that rapidly progresses to death. the majority of the cases identified have occurred in the rural southwestern united states, predominantly in the four-corners area comprising new mexico, arizona, utah, and colorado. findings of preliminary investigation by the centers for disease control and prevention suggest that the etiologic agent is a previously unidentified strain of hantavirus. in reported ... | 1993 | 8117354 |
| serologic and genetic identification of peromyscus maniculatus as the primary rodent reservoir for a new hantavirus in the southwestern united states. | an outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) in the southwestern united states was etiologically linked to a newly recognized hantavirus. knowledge that hantaviruses are maintained in rodent reservoirs stimulated a field and laboratory investigation of 1696 small mammals of 31 species. the most commonly captured rodent, the deer mouse (peromyscus maniculatus), had the highest antibody prevalence (30%) to four hantavirus antigens. antibody also was detected in 10 other species of rodent and ... | 1994 | 8195603 |
| hantavirus in the southwestern united states: epidemiology of an emerging pathogen. | in may of this year, an outbreak of sudden, unexplained, and highly fatal respiratory illness of unknown etiology was identified in the four-corners region of the southwestern united states. within 3 weeks after the collaborative response launched by the state and local health agencies in the affected area, laboratory studies from the federal centers for disease control and prevention suggested that an acute infection with a previously unrecognized hantavirus species was responsible for the repo ... | 1993 | 8307808 |
| update: hantavirus disease--southwestern united states, 1993. | since may 1993, the state health departments in arizona, colorado, new mexico, and utah; the indian health service; and cdc, with the assistance of the navajo nation division of health, have been investigating an outbreak of acute respiratory illness related to a newly recognized hantavirus (1-5). this report updates the investigation and presents information on a recent case of hantavirus-associated respiratory disease in a resident of nevada. | 1993 | 8332114 |
| update: hantavirus disease--united states, 1993. | since the recognition of acute hantavirus-associated respiratory disease in the united states in may 1993, laboratory evidence of acute hantavirus infection has been confirmed in 30 persons in the southwestern united states; 20 (67%) of these persons have died. of those 30 persons, 23 resided in the four-corners region (14 in new mexico, six in arizona, and three in colorado). previously reported cases outside the four-corners states occurred in a nevada resident and a texas resident, neither of ... | 1993 | 8336693 |
| outbreak of acute illness--southwestern united states, 1993. | beginning in may 1993, cases of acute illness characterized by fever, myalgias, headache, and cough, followed by rapid development of respiratory failure, have been reported to the new mexico department of health (nmdoh), arizona department of health services (adhs), colorado department of health (cdh), and utah department of health (udh). this report presents preliminary findings from an ongoing investigation of this problem, which suggest this illness is associated with a previously unrecogniz ... | 1993 | 8502213 |
| update: outbreak of hantavirus infection--southwestern united states, 1993. | since may 1993, the new mexico department of health, the arizona department of health services, the colorado department of health, the utah department of health, the indian health service (ihs), and cdc, with the assistance of the navajo nation division of health, have been investigating an outbreak of acute illness characterized by a prodrome most commonly including fever, myalgias, headache, and cough, followed rapidly by respiratory failure. preliminary laboratory findings have suggested this ... | 1993 | 8502218 |
| update: outbreak of hantavirus infection--southwestern united states, 1993. | since may 1993, the new mexico department of health, the arizona department of health, the colorado department of health, the utah department of health, the indian health service, and cdc, with the assistance of the navajo nation division of health, have been investigating an outbreak of illness associated with hantavirus infection. this report updates information regarding the relation between illness and infection with a previously unrecognized hantavirus. | 1993 | 8510634 |
| update: outbreak of hantavirus infection--southwestern united states, 1993. | an outbreak of illness associated with hantavirus infection continues to be investigated by state health departments in new mexico, arizona, colorado, and utah; the indian health service; and cdc, with the assistance of the navajo nation division of health. this report updates information regarding the outbreak and presents information on two cases that occurred in the 10 months preceding this outbreak. | 1993 | 8510636 |
| utility of emergency, telephone-based national surveillance for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. hantavirus task force. | on may 27, 1993, in response to the outbreak investigation of newly recognized hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) in the four corners states (new mexico, arizona, utah, and colorado), the centers for disease control and prevention established a national surveillance case definition for severe, unexplained respiratory disease to determine the extent of hps throughout the united states. a toll-free telephone hotline number was instituted to provide updated information about unexplained respirator ... | 1996 | 8569020 |
| meeting the public's need for information during the arizona hantavirus outbreak. | | 1996 | 8712282 |
| assessment of occupational risk for hantavirus infection in arizona and new mexico. | differentiating occupational exposure from other potential domestic or recreational exposure(s) for sin nombre virus (snv) infection is an epidemiologic challenge. interviews on work-related activities were conducted, and serum specimens were obtained from 494 workers in arizona and new mexico. these workers may have been exposed to rodents and rodent excreta at work, but their primary occupation did not require rodent contact (national park service [n = 193]; navajo agricultural product industr ... | 1997 | 9172092 |
| serologic survey for hantavirus infection in domestic animals and coyotes from new mexico and northeastern arizona. | to determine whether animals had serologic evidence of infection with sin nombre virus (snv). | 1998 | 9540866 |
| short report: decrease in seroprevalence of antibodies to hantavirus in rodents from 1993-1994 hantavirus pulmonary syndrome case sites. | rodent trapping was conducted at seven hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) case sites from june 1993 to march 1994 during the hps outbreak in the southwestern united states. to determine if there were changes in the rodent population or the hantavirus seroprevalence in rodents since the hps outbreak, rodents were trapped at the same sites three years later using the same trapping protocol. the trap success decreased from the numbers trapped during the outbreak, however, the number of peromyscus, ... | 1998 | 9660455 |
| long-term hantavirus persistence in rodent populations in central arizona. | for 35 months, we monitored hantavirus activity in rodent populations in central arizona. the most frequently captured hantavirus antibody-positive rodents were peromyscus boylii and p. truei. antibody-positive p. boylii were more frequently male (84%), older, and heavier, and they survived longer on trapping web sites than antibody-negative mice. the number of antibody-positive p. boylii was greater during high population densities than during low densities, while antibody prevalence was greate ... | 1999 | 10081677 |
| a longitudinal study of sin nombre virus prevalence in rodents, southeastern arizona. | we determined the prevalence of sin nombre virus antibodies in small mammals in southeastern arizona. of 1,234 rodents (from 13 species) captured each month from may through december 1995, only mice in the genus peromyscus were seropositive. antibody prevalence was 14.3% in 21 white-footed mice (p. leucopus), 13.3% in 98 brush mice (p. boylii), 0.8% in 118 cactus mice (p. eremicus), and 0% in 2 deer mice (p. maniculatus). most antibody-positive mice were adult male peromyscus captured close to o ... | 1999 | 10081678 |
| outbreak of hantavirus infection in the four corners region of the united states in the wake of the 1997-1998 el nino-southern oscillation. | hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (hcps), a rodent-borne zoonosis, has been endemic in the americas for at least several decades. it is hypothesized that the 1991-1992 el niño-southern oscillation (enso) caused increased precipitation that allowed an increase in rodent population densities, thereby increasing the possibility of transmission to humans. the result was a 1993-1994 outbreak of the disease in the four corners states of the southwestern united states. a second strong enso occurred i ... | 2000 | 10823755 |
| state-by-state incidences of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the united states, 1993-2004. | we investigated geographic disparity in numbers of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) cases in the united states. the 12-year incidences of hps (cases/100,000 for total and rural residents) by state did not parallel the number of cases per state. the state with the greatest overall incidence was new mexico, with montana ranking second. when rural incidence based on rural human population sizes were compared, new mexico also had the highest incidence, but utah, nevada, montana, arizona, and colo ... | 2005 | 16011436 |
| hantavirus pulmonary syndrome--five states, 2006. | hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) is a rodentborne viral disease characterized by severe pulmonary illness and a case-fatality ratio of 30%-40%. sin nombre virus causes the majority of hps cases in the united states, and the deer mouse (peromyscus maniculatus) is its predominant reservoir. this report describes an increase in human cases of hps reported during january-march 2006 from arizona, new mexico, north dakota, texas, and washington state. the findings emphasize the need for renewed att ... | 2006 | 16760891 |
| demographic factors associated with prevalence of antibody to sin nombre virus in deer mice in the western united states. | we used long-term data collected for up to 10 yr (1994-2004) at 23 trapping arrays (i.e., webs and grids) in arizona, colorado, montana, and new mexico to examine demographic factors known or suspected to be associated with risk of infection with sin nombre virus (snv) in its natural host, the deer mouse (peromyscus maniculatus). gender, age (mass), wounds or scars, season, and local relative population densities were statistically associated with the period prevalence of antibody (used as a mar ... | 2007 | 17347388 |
| brush mouse (peromyscus boylii) population dynamics and hantavirus infection during a warm, drought period in southern arizona. | we monitored limestone canyon hantavirus (lscv) antibody prevalence, host (brush mouse, peromyscus boylii) abundance, and environmental variables (temperature and rainfall) in brush mice captured on three trapping webs in southern arizona for 5 yr. although seasonal patterns were subtle, we observed large multiyear variation in population abundance and antibody prevalence. limestone canyon hantavirus infection in brush mouse populations varied over time with prevalence ranging from 0% to 33%. at ... | 2007 | 17984263 |
| a spatial model of shared risk for plague and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the southwestern united states. | plague and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) are severe, often fatal diseases in humans that share a broad epidemiologic focus in the southwestern united states. prevention of these diseases relies heavily on education and reducing rodent abundance in peridomestic environments. resources for these activities are limited. therefore, identifying areas sharing elevated risk for these two relatively rare but severe diseases could be useful for targeting limited public health resources. using logis ... | 2007 | 18165511 |
| hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in five pediatric patients - four states, 2009. | hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) is a reportable infectious disease with a high case-fatality rate, transmitted to humans by exposure to rodents. each year, 20--40 cases of hps occur in the united states; cases in persons aged <17 years make up fewer than 7% of those cases, and cases in children aged <10 years are exceptionally rare. cdc received reports of five pediatric cases of hps occurring during may 16--november 25, 2009, among children aged 6--14 years from arizona, california, colorad ... | 2009 | 20032925 |