Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Santa Cruz, Bolivia: outbreak investigation and antibody prevalence study.

• Main Authors: Joel M Montgomery (Author), Patrick J Blair (Author), Darin S Carroll (Author), James N Mills (Author), Alberto Gianella (Author), Naomi Iihoshi (Author), Ana M Briggiler (Author), Vidal Felices (Author), Milagros Salazar (Author), James G Olson (Author), Raisa A Glabman (Author), Daniel G Bausch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We report the results of an investigation of a small outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in 2002 in the Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where the disease had not previously been reported. Two cases were initially reported. The first case was a physician infected with Laguna Negra virus duri...