Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Brazil: clinical aspects of three new cases

• Main Authors: Marcelo S. FERREIRA, Sérgio de A. NISHIOKA, Thogo L. SANTOS, Rubens P. SANTOS, Paulo S. SANTOS, Ademir ROCHA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2000
• Subjects: Brazil; Hantaviruses; Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Sin Nombre
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/55ce31bd68e949d59d8c707e9ca0714b

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) has been recognized recently in Brazil, where 28 cases have been reported as of September 1999. We report here the clinical and laboratory findings of three cases whose diagnoses were confirmed serologically. All the patients were adults who presented a febrile il...