Genetic characterization and phylogeny of Andes virus and variants from Argentina and Chile

Development and evaluation of a solid-phase enzyme immunoassay based on Andes hantavirus recombinant nucleoprotein

“…(n ¼ 14), Leptospira interrogans (11), Legionella spp. (5), Mycoplasma pneumoniae (9), Junin virus (Argentine haemorrhagic fever) (20), influenza A and B (18), were also tested. Sera were kept at À208C until analysis.…”

“…Total RNA extraction, RT-PCR amplification and sequencing were performed as described previously [20].…”

“…In phylogenetic analysis, all viruses associated with cases of HPS from Argentina [6,19], Chile [20], Paraguay [21] and Uruguay (P. J. Padula, unpublished observations) and sigmodontine-related virus from Bolivia [22,23], clustered together with Andes virus [24] and some North American viruses like Sin Nombre (SN) [2,25], Bayou (BAY) [26] or Black Creek Canal (BCC) [27].…”

Correlación entre criterios clínicos y de laboratorio de casos notificados por sospecha de hantavirosis y el resultado de la técnica de referencia

“…El agente etiológico del SCPH en nuestro país es un virus ARN del género Hantavirus, familia Bunyaviridae, especie Andes (ANDV) 3 . Su reservorio principal es el "ratón de cola larga" (Oligoryzomys longicaudatus), el cual se distribuye desde la Región de Atacama hasta la Región de Magallanes 4 .…”

Prevalence of infection with hantavirus in rodent populations of central Argentina

“…In an extensive study conducted in sites were HPS cases occurred, many sigmodontine species were found infected with hantavirus, with seroprevalences which varied between 1.5 and 10.2%, depending on the area and species (Calderón et al 1999, Cantoni et al 2001. López et al (1996López et al ( , 1997 described the virus associated to HPS cases in Argentina, Andes virus (AND), as a new type of hantavirus. This virus circulates in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay with different lineages that are characteristics of the different areas (Padula et al 2000a).…”