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Elizabeth S Travassos da Rosa1, Daniele B A Medeiros, Márcio R T Nunes
1Evandro Chagas Institute, Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Brazil.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|May 22, 2012
Abstract:
We associated Laguna Negra virus with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Mato Grosso State, Brazil, and a previously unidentified potential host, the Calomys callidus rodent. Genetic testing revealed homologous sequencing in specimens from 20 humans and 8 mice. Further epidemiologic studies may lead to control of HPS in Mato Grosso State.
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