Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2017)

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Caused by Maripa Virus in French Guiana, 2008–2016

  • Séverine Matheus,
  • Hatem Kallel,
  • Claire Mayence,
  • Laetitia Bremand,
  • Stéphanie Houcke,
  • Dominique Rousset,
  • Vincent Lacoste,
  • Benoit de Thoisy,
  • Didier Hommel,
  • Anne Lavergne

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2310.170842
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 10
pp. 1722 – 1725

Abstract

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We report 5 human cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome found during surveillance in French Guiana in 2008–2016; of the 5 patients, 4 died. This pathogen should continue to be monitored in humans and rodents in effort to reduce the occurrence of these lethal infections in humans stemming from ecosystem disturbances.

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