A Cluster of Three Cases of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome among Canadian Military Personnel

Leighanne O. Parkes; Trong Tien Nguyen; Jean Longtin; Marie-Claude Beaudoin; Julie Bestman-Smith; Donald C. Vinh; Guy Boivin; Vivian G. Loo

doi:10.1155/2016/2757969

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2016)

A Cluster of Three Cases of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome among Canadian Military Personnel

Leighanne O. Parkes,
Trong Tien Nguyen,
Jean Longtin,
Marie-Claude Beaudoin,
Julie Bestman-Smith,
Donald C. Vinh,
Guy Boivin,
Vivian G. Loo

Affiliations

Leighanne O. Parkes: Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medical Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, 1001 Boulevard Décarie, Montréal, QC, H4A 3J1, Canada
Trong Tien Nguyen: Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medical Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, 1001 Boulevard Décarie, Montréal, QC, H4A 3J1, Canada
Jean Longtin: Infectious Diseases Research Center of the CHU de Québec, Université Laval, 2705 Boulevard Laurier, Québec, QC, G1V 4G2, Canada
Marie-Claude Beaudoin: CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Hôpital de l’Enfant Jésus, 1401 18e rue, Québec, QC, G1J 1Z4, Canada
Julie Bestman-Smith: CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Hôpital de l’Enfant Jésus, 1401 18e rue, Québec, QC, G1J 1Z4, Canada
Donald C. Vinh: Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medical Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, 1001 Boulevard Décarie, Montréal, QC, H4A 3J1, Canada
Guy Boivin: Infectious Diseases Research Center of the CHU de Québec, Université Laval, 2705 Boulevard Laurier, Québec, QC, G1V 4G2, Canada
Vivian G. Loo: Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medical Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, 1001 Boulevard Décarie, Montréal, QC, H4A 3J1, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/2757969
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2016

Abstract

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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a rare illness in eastern Canada. We present three cases of HPS among military personnel in Quebec. The three cases shared a common exposure to mouse excreta while engaged in military training in Alberta, a western province of Canada.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

ISSN: 1712-9532 (Print); 1918-1493 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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