Volume 10, Number 3—March 2004
Research
Neutralizing Antibodies and Sin Nombre Virus RNA after Recovery from Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome
Chunyan Ye*, Joseph Prescott*, Robert A. Nofchissey*, Diane Goade*, and Brian Hjelle*
Table
Demographic and clinical characteristics of 21 patients with history of Sin Nombre virus infectiona
| Patient | Age at time of illness | Sex | Date admitted | Day serum collected | Location | Severityb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
10 |
M |
30 Mar 1999 |
589 |
NM |
I |
| 2 |
44 |
F |
4 Dec 1995 |
1789 |
NM |
IIE |
| 3 |
28 |
F |
5 Apr 1999 |
592 |
NM |
0 |
| 4 |
28 |
F |
3 Apr 1999 |
566 |
WA |
II |
| 5 |
42 |
M |
15 Jun 1999 |
94 |
NM |
I |
| 6 |
29 |
F |
1 May 1998 |
1063 |
NM |
I |
| 7 |
18 |
F |
11 Aug 1998 |
512 |
CO |
IIE |
| 8 |
44 |
F |
29 Mar 1994 |
1627 |
NM |
II |
| 9 |
43 |
M |
1 Sep 2000 |
231 |
AZ |
IIE |
| 10 |
41 |
M |
20 Mar 1997 |
1436 |
KS |
II |
| 11 |
39 |
F |
6 Mar 2001 |
85 |
NM |
II |
| 12 |
50 |
M |
20 Aug 1998 |
334 |
NM |
IIE |
| 13 |
34 |
F |
15 Jul 1999 |
92 |
CO |
I |
| 14 |
44 |
F |
3 Nov 1997 |
1281 |
KS |
II |
| 15 |
19 |
F |
18 Oct 2000 |
132 |
MT |
II |
| 16 |
27 |
M |
23 Jul 1997 |
1356 |
NM |
I |
| 17 |
27 |
F |
27 Jan 1998 |
1196 |
KS |
I |
| 18 |
23 |
F |
30 Oct 1999 |
161 |
NM |
IIE |
| 19 |
16 |
M |
19 Sep 1997 |
1419 |
TX |
II NO (15) |
| 20 |
21 |
F |
27 May 1994 |
2268 |
NM |
II |
| 21 | 44 | M | 20 Dec 1997 | 1056 | WI | II |
aF, female; M, male; NM, New Mexico, WA, Washington, CO, Colorado; AZ, Arizona; KS, Kansas; MT, Montana; TX, Texas; WI, Wisconsin.
bSeverity scale: Class 0, prodromal symptoms with seroconversion but with no cardiopulmonary manifestations; Class I, prodrome symptoms with hypoxia but not requiring endotracheal intubation; Class II, survived but required endotracheal intubation; Class IIE, required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; II NO, treated with inhalational nitric oxide. Because they required endotracheal intubation, patients in Class II are regarded as having been more severely ill than those in Classes 0 and I.
