Outbreak of acute renal failure in Panama in 2006: a case-control study

• Main Authors: E Danielle Rentz (Author), Lauren Lewis (Author), Oscar J Mujica (Author), Dana B Barr (Author), Joshua G Schier (Author), Gayanga Weerasekera (Author), Peter Kuklenyik (Author), Michael McGeehin (Author), John Osterloh (Author), Jacob Wamsley (Author), Washington Lum (Author), Camilo Alleyne (Author), Nestor Sosa (Author), Jorge Motta (Author), Carol Rubin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2008-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: In September 2006, a Panamanian physician reported an unusual number of patients with unexplained acute renal failure frequently accompanied by severe neurological dysfunction. Twelve (57%) of 21 patients had died of the illness. This paper describes the investigation into the cause of th...