Cluster of cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Alberta, Canada

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Nov;77(5):914-8.

Abstract

In May 2005, a cluster of four hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) cases was confirmed in Alberta, Canada. The cluster is unusual given that three cases were from a single family and involved a 7-year-old child. This is the first family cluster reported in Canada and includes one of the youngest cases of HPS reported in North America.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Canada / epidemiology
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Family
  • Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / blood
  • Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / epidemiology*
  • Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / immunology
  • Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / virology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Middle Aged
  • Peromyscus
  • Sin Nombre virus / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin G