Volume 16, Number 12—December 2010
Dispatch
Hantaviruses and Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, Maranhão, Brazil
Table 1
Characteristics of 5 human case-patients with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and 3 rodents infected with hantavirus, Maranhão, Brazil*
Sample origin† | Municipality/town | Patient age, y | Sample collection date | Symptom duration, d | Clinical outcome | ELISA results |
GenBank accession no. | |
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IgG | IgM | |||||||
Human | ||||||||
Be H 666379‡ | Anajatuba/São Roque | 24 | 2003 Mar 25 | 1 | Died | Neg | Pos | HM238889 |
Be H 668281 | Santa Rita/Conceição | 21 | 2003 May 14 | 6 | Recovered | Pos | Pos | – |
Be H 670957‡ | Anajatuba/Fomento | 24 | 2003 Jul 22 | 4 | Recovered | Pos | Pos | HM238890 |
Be H 672862‡ | Santa Rita/NA | 39 | 2003 Oct 21 | 10 | Recovered | Neg | Pos | HM238885 |
Be H 708080 |
Anajatuba/Roncador |
28 |
2006 Jun 12 |
NA |
Died |
Neg |
Pos |
– |
Rodent | Species |
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BeAN669104‡ | Anajatuba/São Roque | NA | 2003 May 27 | Necromys lasiurus | Pos | ND | HM238886 | |
BeAN690936‡ | Anajatuba/São Roque | NA | 2005 May 18 | Oligoryzomys fornesi | Pos | ND | HM238887 | |
BeAN690985‡ | Anajatuba/São Roque | NA | 2005 May23 | O. fornesi | Pos | ND | HM238888 |
*Ig, immunoglobulin; Neg, negative; Pos, positive; NA, not available; ND, not done.
†Serum samples were obtained from humans (males), and lung tissue samples were obtained from rodents (males).
‡Amplicons for these samples were sequenced.
1Deceased.