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1. Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Five Pediatric Patients -- Four States, 2009.

Author

Levy, C., Gains, K., Crocco, V., Brown, J., Lawaczeck, E., Ray, W., Miller, M., Klaber, M., Doussette, A., Ralston, C., Marsden-Haug, N., Fritz, C., Watson, C., MacNeil, A., Mills, J., Rollin, P. E., Nichol, S., and Knust, B.

Subjects
HANTAVIRUS pulmonary syndrome, HANTAVIRUS diseases, JUVENILE diseases, CHILD mortality, AEROSOLS
Abstract

The article presents cases of pediatric patients with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), a disease that is infectious and has a high mortality rate. Hantaviruses can be transmitted from rodent hosts to humans by means of inhalation of infectious aerosols of rodent excreta or direct inoculation into broken skin. Recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to reduce the risk for hantavirus infection are given.

Published
2009

2. Blood Donor Screening for Chagas Disease -- United States, 2006-2007.

Author

Stramer, S. L., Dodd, R. Y., Leiby, D. A., Herron, R. M., Mascola, L., Rosenberg, L. J., Caglioti, S., Lawaczeck, E., Sunenshine, R. H., Kuehnert, M. J., Montgomery, S., Bern, C., Moore, A., Herwaldt, B., Kun, H., and Verani, J. R.

Subjects
BLOOD donors, CHAGAS' disease, TRYPANOSOMA cruzi, INFECTIOUS disease transmission
Abstract

The article describes the results of a blood donor screening conducted by the American Red Cross during August 2006-January 2007 to identify chagas disease caused by the bloodborne parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Information on the stages of chagas disease is offered. Background of vector-borne transmission of Chagas disease in the U.S. is also presented.

Published
2007

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