TY - JOUR AU - Padula, Paula AU - Della Valle, Marcelo González AU - Alai, María Garcia AU - Cortada, Pedro AU - Villagra, Mario AU - Gianella, Alberto T1 - Andes Virus and First Case Report of Bermejo Virus Causing Fatal Pulmonary Syndrome T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2002 VL - 8 IS - 4 SP - 437 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Two suspected hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) cases from Bolivia were confirmed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. (ELISA)-ANDES was performed using N-Andes recombinant antigen serology in May and July 2000. Clot RNAs from the two patients were subjected to reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and sequencing. We describe two characterized cases of HPS. One was caused by infection with Bermejo virus and the other with Andes Nort viral lineage, both previously obtained from Oligoryzomys species. This is the first report of molecular identification of a human hantavirus associated with Bermejo virus. KW - Hantavirus KW - HPS KW - Bolivia KW - Bermejo virus KW - Andes Nort virus DO - 10.3201/eid0804.010300 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/4/01-0300_article ER - End of Reference