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Ecology, genetic diversity, and phylogeographic structure of andes virus in humans and rodents in Chile.
Journal of virology - 1 Mar 2009
Medina Rafael A, Torres-Perez Fernando, Galeno Hector, Navarrete Maritza, Vial Pablo A, Palma R Eduardo, Ferres Marcela, Cook Joseph A, Hjelle Brian
Abstract excerpt
Andes virus (ANDV) is the predominant etiologic agent of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) in southern South America. In Chile, serologically confirmed human hantavirus infections have occurred throughout a wide latitudinal distribution extending from the regions of Valparaíso (32 to 33 degrees S) to Aysén (46 degrees S) in southern Patagonia. In this study, we found seropositive rodents further north in...
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