Detection of Hantavirus during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Arizona, USA, 2020
Gavriella Hecht
, Ariella P. Dale, Irene Ruberto, Guillermo Adame, Ryan Close, Sarah-Jean Snyder, Kathryn Pink, Nathanael Lemmon, Jessica Rudolfo, Michael Madsen, Andrea L. Wiens, Caitlin Cossaboom, Trevor Shoemaker, Mary J. Choi, Deborah Cannon, Inna Krapiunaya, Shannon Whitmer, Melissa Mobley, Emir Talundzic, John D. Klena, and Heather Venkat
Author affiliations: Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix, Arizona, USA (G. Hecht, A.P. Dale, I. Ruberto, G. Adame, H. Venkat); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (A.P. Dale, C. Cossaboom, T. Shoemaker, M.J. Choi, D. Cannon, I. Krapiunaya, S. Whitmer, M. Mobley, E. Talundzic, J.D. Klena, H. Venkat); Indian Health Service, Whiteriver, Arizona, USA (R. Close, K. Pink, N. Lemmon); Indian Health Service, Show Low, Arizona, USA (S.-J. Snyder); White Mountain Apache Tribe, Whiteriver (J. Rudolfo); Coconino County Health and Human Services, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA (M. Madsen); Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner, Phoenix (A.L. Wiens)
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Figure 1. Timeline of illness course, laboratory testing, and public health investigations for 2 patients who died of hantavirus infection, Arizona, USA. Asterisk (*) indicates reported information that applies to both cases. IDPB, Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch, CDC (National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology); IHC, immunohistochemical testing; CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; NP, nasopharyngeal; rRT-PCR, real time reverse transcription PCR; TGen, Translational Genomics Research Institute; VSPB, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, CDC (National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology).
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