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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

Incidence

Andes virus, associated with the native rat Oligoryzomys longicaudatus, causes hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in the northern Patagonian regions of Argentina and Chile. Another hantavirus, Oran virus, also causes HPS and is apparently associated with the same rodent species in extreme northern Argentina. However, the rat populations appear to be disjunct and careful taxonomic and distributional studies would be required to determine if these rodent populations represent distinct species and to define the potential HPS-endemic areas associated with each virus.

Broader

Hantaviruses
Presentable

Narrower

Sin Nombre virus
Presentable
Oran virus
Yet to rate
Andes virus
Yet to rate

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(G) Very specific problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Medicine » Pathology
  • Medicine » Lungs, throat
  • Content quality
    Yet to rate
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    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J4108
    DOCID
    12041080
    D7NID
    158502
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024