Abstract
We report 5 human cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome found during surveillance in French Guiana in 2008-2016; of the 5 patients, 4 died. This pathogen should continue to be monitored in humans and rodents in effort to reduce the occurrence of these lethal infections in humans stemming from ecosystem disturbances.
Keywords:
French Guiana; Maripa virus; hantavirus; hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; human cases; lungs; viruses.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aged
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Animals
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Antibodies, Viral / blood*
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Disease Reservoirs / virology
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Ecosystem
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Epidemiological Monitoring*
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French Guiana / epidemiology
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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / epidemiology*
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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / mortality
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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / pathology
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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / virology
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Orthohantavirus / classification
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Orthohantavirus / genetics
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Orthohantavirus / isolation & purification*
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Phylogeny
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Rodentia / virology*
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Survival Analysis