Volume 16, Number 12—December 2010
Research
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Argentina, 1995–2008
Valeria P. Martinez
, Carla M. Bellomo, María Luisa Cacace, Paola Suárez, Liliana Bogni, and Paula J. Padula
, Carla M. Bellomo, María Luisa Cacace, Paola Suárez, Liliana Bogni, and Paula J. PadulaTable 1
Demographic characteristics of case-patients who had laboratory-confirmed HPS, by region, Argentina, 1995–2008*
| Characteristic |
North |
Central |
Patagonia |
Northeast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. case-patients (no. deaths)† | ||||
| Total | 345 (59) | 234 (72) | 126 (51) | 6 |
| M | 290 (45) | 170 (49) | 89 (33) | 4 |
| F | 52 (14) | 64 (23) | 37 (18) | 2 |
| Case-fatality rate for all case-patients, % |
17.1 |
30.8 |
40.5 |
0 |
| Type of exposure | ||||
| Rural | 111 | 34 | 22 | 1 |
| Wild | 34 | 20 | 17 | 1 |
| Peridomestic | 28 | 26 | 13 | 2 |
| Contact with previous HPS case-patient | – | 6 | 23 | – |
| Other | 25 | 30 | 6 | – |
| Total | 208 | 116 | 81 | 4 |
*HPS, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; –, no reported events.
†No. HPS cases in each region with confirmed diagnosis (n = 710). Type of exposure was classified on the basis of the most probable activities of risk (n = 410).
