Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome: encephalitis caused by virus Andes

J Neurovirol. 2011 Apr;17(2):189-92. doi: 10.1007/s13365-010-0011-4. Epub 2011 Jan 15.

Abstract

Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) are rodent-borne emerging diseases caused by members of the genus Hantavirus, family Bunyaviridae. Some species of hantavirus may cause encephalitis, but this is the first report in Andes virus associated to HPS.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Argentina
  • Encephalitis / etiology
  • Encephalitis / physiopathology*
  • Encephalitis / virology
  • Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / complications
  • Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / physiopathology*
  • Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / virology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Orthohantavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Orthohantavirus / pathogenicity
  • Rodent Diseases / transmission
  • Rodent Diseases / virology
  • Rodentia / virology