Volume 17, Number 7—July 2011
CME ACTIVITY - Research
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, United States, 1993–2009
Table 2
HPS case-patients by geographic region, United States, 1993–2009*
Region | States† | Hantavirus species present in region | No. case-patients who died/ total no. case-patients (CFR, %)‡ |
---|---|---|---|
Southwest | Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah | Sin Nombre virus | 92/273 (34) |
Northwest | Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming | Sin Nombre virus | 35/101 (35) |
Midwest | Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin | Sin Nombre virus, Bayou virus | 33/84 (39) |
East | Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia | New York virus, Monongahela virus, Black Creek Canal virus | 5/12 (43) |
*HPS, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; CFR, case-fatality rate.
†Only states with >1 probable rodent exposure–related HPS case are shown.
‡There were no significant differences in case-fatality rates between geographic regions (p = 0.773 by χ2 test).