Hantavirus infection in children in Argentina.

Abstract

Clinical hantavirus infection was diagnosed in five Argentine children ages 5 to 11 years by immunoglobulin M (IgM)- capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using Sin Nombre virus (SNV) antigens. Death in three of the children was associated with absence of detectable IgG to SNV antigens. An additional two cases in healthy children were studied: one, a breast-fed 15-month-old whose mother died of suspected hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) 8 months previously, had hantavirus IgG (> 1:6400); a second, whose mother survived HPS during month three of pregnancy, apparently had maternal antibodies no longer detectable 1 year after birth.

• Authors: N C Pini, A Resa, G del Jesús Laime, G Lecot, T G Ksiazek, S Levis, D A Enria
• Journal: Emerging infectious diseases (Emerg Infect Dis) 1998 Jan-Mar Vol. 4 Issue 1 Pg. 85-7 ISSN: 1080-6040 [Print] United States
• PMID: 9454562 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antibodies, Viral

Topics

• Antibodies, Viral (blood)
• Argentina
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
• Female
• Hantavirus Infections (diagnosis, immunology, mortality)
• Humans
• Infant
• Male