Predominant Kidney Involvement in a Fatal Case of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Caused by Sin Nombre Virus | Zendy

Douglas J. Passaro | Zendy; WunJu Shieh | Zendy; Jill K. Hacker | Zendy; Curtis L. Fritz | Zendy; Susan R. Hogan | Zendy; Marc Fischer | Zendy; R. M. Hendry | Zendy; Duc J. Vugia | Zendy

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Predominant Kidney Involvement in a Fatal Case of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Caused by Sin Nombre Virus

Author(s) -

Douglas J. Passaro,

WunJu Shieh,

Jill K. Hacker,

Curtis L. Fritz,

Susan R. Hogan,

Marc Fischer,

R. M. Hendry,

Duc J. Vugia

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/321832

Subject(s) - medicine , hantavirus , serology , virus , respiratory distress , virology , disease , respiratory disease , lung , immunology , antibody , surgery

A 27-year-old woman presented to a hospital with symptoms resembling pyelonephritis; respiratory distress did not develop until nearly a day after admission and she subsequently died. The Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses Project of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Sin Nombre virus infection by the results of serological testing and sequencing of the viral genome; staining of Sin Nombre virus antigen in the pulmonary capillaries was relatively weak.

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