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Expanded distribution of orthohantavirus Pergamino genotype: First record in Entre Rios province, Argentina.
Revista Argentina de microbiologia - 1 Jan 2000
Gómez Villafañe Isabel E, Burgos Eliana F, Coelho Rocio M, Bellomo Carla M, Garcilazo Amatti Jerónimo, Martinez Valeria P
Abstract excerpt
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) is an emerging infectious disease of the Americas. Eight native rodent species have been identified as HPS virus reservoirs in Argentina. The aim of this work was to detect the orthohantavirus genotypes present in a rodent community that inhabits a zone where a fatal HPS case occurred within an endemic locality of Central Argentina. We captured 27 rodents with a trapping effort...
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