| Literature DB >> 11076720 |
L V Rhodes1, C Huang, A J Sanchez, S T Nichol, S R Zaki, T G Ksiazek, J G Humphreys, J J Freeman, K R Knecht.
Abstract
The first two recognized cases of rapidly fatal hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Pennsylvania occurred within an 8-month period in 1997. Illness in the two patients was confirmed by immunohistochemical techniques on autopsy material. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis of tissue from one patient and environmentally associated Peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mouse) identified the Monongahela virus variant. Physicians should be vigilant for such Monongahela virus-associated cases in the eastern United States and Canada, particularly in the Appalachian region.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 11076720 PMCID: PMC2640920 DOI: 10.3201/eid0606.000610
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Emerg Infect Dis ISSN: 1080-6040 Impact factor: 6.883