Korean Hemorrhagic Fever among Rural Residents in Japan

Umenai, Takusei; Watanabe, Minoru; Saito, Hiroshi; Yokoyama, S.; Kaburagi, Takuya; Takahashi, Keiichi; Lee, H. W.; Ishida, Nakao

doi:10.1093/infdis/144.5.460

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“…3 Transmission of hantaviruses to humans is thought to occur by inhalation of infectious aerosols, 4 whereas it is believed that viral transmission between rodents occurs via biting during aggressive encounters 5 because an animal in which the virus establishes a persistent infection sheds virus in urine, feces, and saliva. 6 Because there is as yet no cure for HFRS or HPS, prevention is our main defense against illness, but prevention is only as effective as our understanding of viral persistence, maintenance, and transmission in a dynamic host population.…”

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A Longitudinal Study of Bayou Virus, Hosts, and Habitat

McIntyre

Chu²,

Owen³

et al. 2005

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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What is currently known about the ecology of North American hantaviruses has come largely from studies on Sin Nombre virus (SNV). We conducted a longitudinal study of Bayou virus (BAYV), the second-leading agent of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the United States. Antibodies to hantavirus were detected from Oryzomys palustris (most commonly infected species), Sigmodon hispidus, Peromyscus leucopus, Reithrodontomys fulvescens, and Baiomys taylori. However, only O. palustris had viral RNA in tissues and excreta, suggesting that antibodies detected in other species may have resulted from spill-over infection. Seroprevalence rates averaged around 16% for O. palustris and varied seasonally. The heaviest males exhibited the highest levels of seroprevalence. Seroprevalence was higher in coastal prairie (20.0%) than old-fields (10.5%) and was associated with host abundance. These patterns are similar to those of SNV and can be used in identification of potentially at-risk areas.

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A Longitudinal Study of Bayou Virus, Hosts, and Habitat

McIntyre

Chu²,

Owen³

et al. 2005

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

Groen

1984

Applied Virology

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Isolation of Virus Causing Hemorrhagic Fever With Renal Syndrome (Hfrs) Through a Cell Culture System

Kitamura

Morita

Komatsu

et al. 1983

JJMSB

122

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SUMMARY: Twenty-three rat lung specimens collected in outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in three medical institutions were inoculated onto the VERO-E6 cell monolayers. After several blind passages, an agent growing serially in the cell cultures and reacting specifically with known HFRSpositive sera was isolated from two of these specimens. The two isolates were antigenically identical each other. The agent, named strain SR-11, was identified as the causative virus of HFRS by its antigenic identity with E6 cell-adapted HFRS virus, Hantaan 76-118 strain, and the specific reactions with sera from various HFRS cases.

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Korean Hemorrhagic Fever among Rural Residents in Japan

Cited by 4 publications

References 6 publications

A Longitudinal Study of Bayou Virus, Hosts, and Habitat

A Longitudinal Study of Bayou Virus, Hosts, and Habitat

Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

Isolation of Virus Causing Hemorrhagic Fever With Renal Syndrome (Hfrs) Through a Cell Culture System

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