Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 1999)

Acute Sin Nombre Hantavirus Infection without Pulmonary Syndrome, United States

  • Paul T. Kitsutani,
  • Robert W. Denton,
  • Curtis L. Fritz,
  • Robert A. Murray,
  • Randall L. Todd,
  • W. John Pape,
  • J. Wyatt Frampton,
  • Joni C. Young,
  • Ali S. Khan,
  • Clarence J. Peters,
  • Thomas G. Ksiazek

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0505.990512
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 5
pp. 701 – 705

Abstract

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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) occurs in most infections with Sin Nombre virus and other North American hantaviruses. We report five cases of acute hantavirus infection that did not fit the HPS case definition. The patients had characteristic prodromal symptoms without severe pulmonary involvement. These cases suggest that surveillance for HPS may need to be expanded.

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