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Volume 10, Number 9—September 2004

Research

Outbreak of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, Los Santos, Panama, 1999–2000

Vicente Bayard*†, Paul T. Kitsutani‡Comments to Author , Eduardo O. Barria*, Luis A. Ruedas§, David S. Tinnin¶, Carlos Muñoz#, Itza B. de Mosca#, Gladys Guerrero**, Rudick Kant††, Arsenio Garcia*, Lorenzo Caceres*, Fernando G. Gracia*, Evelia Quiroz*, Zoila de Castillo*, Blas Armien*, Marlo Libel††, James N. Mills‡, Ali S. Khan‡, Stuart T. Nichol‡, Pierre E. Rollin‡, Thomas G. Ksiazek‡, and Clarence J. Peters
Author affiliations: *Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama City, Panama; †University of Panama, Panama City, Panama; ‡Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; §University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA; ¶University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA; #Ministry of Health, Panama City, Panama; **Complejo Hospital A.A.M., Panama City, Panama; ††Pan American Health Organization, Washington DC, USA

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Table 1

Geographic distribution of suspected and confirmed HPS cases, Los Santos Province, Panama, August 1999–February 2000a

Town District No. confirmed cases No. suspected cases
El Cocal Las Tablas 1 0
La Tronosa Las Tablas 0 1
Las Tablas Las Tablas 1 0
Los Angeles Las Tablas 1 0
San Jose Las Tablas 2 0
Santo Domingo Las Tablas 1 0
Bella Vista Guarare 1 0
La Enea Guarare 1 1
Las Llanas Tonosi 1 1

aHPS, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.

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