Open AccessHantavirus in the peruvian jungle: a systematic review of series and cases reported
Author(s) -
Marcos Saavedra-Velasco,
Alvaro Oyarce-Calderón,
Natalia VargasHerrera,
Rafael Pichardo-Rodríguez,
Carlos M. Moreno-Arteaga
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista de la facultad de medicina humana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2308-0531
pISSN - 1814-5469
DOI - 10.25176/rfmh.v21i4.3650
Subject(s) - medicine , vomiting , ards , respiratory distress , hantavirus , jungle , latin americans , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , virology , surgery , geography , virus , political science , lung , archaeology , law
Hantavirosis is a zoonotic infection transmitted mainly by rodents. In Peru, a lethality of 40–60% is calculated in inhabitants of the Peruvian Amazon jungle, especially in Loreto. Despite this, this disease continues to be under-diagnosed despite the fact that it represents a serious problem for public health in Latin America. We present a sistematic revision of case reports and seris of cases of Hantavirus infection in the Peruvian jungle. The most important characteristic of the cases presented are mean age 25.7 years, predominance of females (5/6), clinical presentation of headache, myalgias, nausea and vomiting (6/6) and unfavorable evolution to acute respiratory to acute respiratory distress (ARDS), renal failure, septic shock and multiple organ failure in 3of the cases presented.