Title: A New hantavirus
Authors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); United States.; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah.; New Mexico.; New Mexico.; University of New Mexico.
Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Hantavirus
Abstract: In May 1993 an outbreak of acute respiratory distress syndrome was reported from the Four Corners area of the Southwestern United States. The collaborative investigation of this outbreak resulted in the identification and isolation of a new species of hantavirus--the first known to cause acute human illness and death in the United States. Subsequently, sporadic cases of this emerging infectious disease have been identified in a number of other States.
Contents: Outbreak -- Clinical description -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Treatment -- Surveillance -- Prevention.