Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome associated with Monongahela virus, Pennsylvania

Luther V. Rhodes; Cinnia Huang; Angela J. Sanchez; Stuart T. Nichol; Sherif R. Zaki; Thomas G. Ksiazek; J. G. Humphreys; James J. Freeman; Kenneth R. Knecht

doi:10.3201/eid0606.000610

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome associated with Monongahela virus, Pennsylvania

Luther V. Rhodes, Cinnia Huang, Angela J. Sanchez, Stuart T. Nichol, Sherif R. Zaki, Thomas G. Ksiazek, J. G. Humphreys, James J. Freeman, Kenneth R. Knecht

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Abstract

The first two recognized cases of rapidly fatal hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Pennsylvania occurred within an 8-month period in 1997. Illness in the two patients was confirmed by immunohistochemical techniques on autopsy material. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis of tissue from one patient and environmentally associated Peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mouse) identified the Monongahela virus variant. Physicians should be vigilant for such Monongahela virus-associated cases in the eastern United States and Canada, particularly in the Appalachian region.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	616-621
Number of pages	6
Journal	Emerging infectious diseases
Volume	6
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0606.000610
State	Published - 2000
Externally published	Yes

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