Hantavirus -- Panama
We agree with the moderator stating that Choclo is the only one of the 3 hantaviruses known to be endemic in Panama that causes HPS (hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome) or "hantavirus fever". However, "hantavirus fever," or rather "a fever induced by hantavirus" ("una fiebre por virus hanta"), as mentioned in the 11 Aug 2018 edition of La Prensa/Provincias, should also include the 1st hantaviral pathogen isolated in the New World, being rat-transmitted Seoul virus (SEOV) (LeDuc JW, Smith GA,
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5961224&promed&0
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