Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virus

Epidemiologic and genetic data show that person-to-person spread likely took place during the prodromal phase or shortly after it ended

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Southern Argentina

Fil: Resa, Amanda J. Hospital de Area El Bolsón; Argentina.Fil: Barclay, Carlos M. Sanatorio San Carlos; Argentina.Fil: Calanni, Liliana. Hospital Provincial de Neuquén; Argentina.Fil: Samengo, Luis. Hospital Zonal Bariloche; Argentina.Fil: Lazaro, María Ester. Hospital Zonal Bariloche; Argentina.Fil: Martinez, Lucia. Hospital Zonal Bariloche; Argentina.Fil: Padula, Paula. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas; Argentina.Fil: Pini, Noemi. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas; Argentina,Fil: Lasala, María Beatriz. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín; Argentina.Fil: Elsner, Boris. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín; Argentina.Fil: Enria, Delia. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas; Argentina,Fil: Resa, Amanda J. Hospital de Area El Bolsón; Argentina.Fil: Barclay, Carlos M. Sanatorio San Carlos; Argentina.Fil: Calanni, Liliana. Hospital Provincial de Neuquén; Argentina.Fil: Samengo, Luis. Hospital Zonal Bariloche; Argentina.Fil: Lazaro, María Ester. Hospital Zonal Bariloche; Argentina.Fil: Martinez, Lucia. Hospital Zonal Bariloche; Argentina.Fil: Padula, Paula. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas; Argentina.Fil: Pini, Noemi. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas Dr. Julio Maiztegui; Argentina.Fil: Lasala, María Beatriz. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín; Argentina.Fil: Elsner, Boris. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín; Argentina.Fil: Enria, Delia. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas Dr. Julio Maiztegui; Argentina.El virus Andes fue identificado en 1995 como el agente etiológico del Síndrome Pulmonar por Hantavirus (SPH) en la región surandina argentina. En este trabajo describimos la presentación clínica de 25 casos de SPH confirmados adquiridos en la zona entre 1993 y septiembre de 1999. La edad media fue de 34 años (rango 11-70) y el 72% eran varones. Las características clínicas fueron similares a las referidas para el virus Sin Nombre (VSN), con algunas diferencias: se presentó inyección conjuntival en 10 casos (42%), rubicundez facial en 8 (33%), fauces congestivas en 7 (29%) y petequias en 3 casos (12%). El laboratorio mostró urea plasmática elevada en 83% de los casos (media 0.77 g/l; rango 0.31-2.01) y en el 56% la creatininemia superó 20 mg/l (media 26.8 mg/l; rango: 9.6-110); en 12/12 pacientes el sedimento urinario fue patológico con proteinuria, hematuria y cilindros granulosos. Las transaminasas, elevadas en el 90% de los casos, superaron 5-10 veces su valor normal en el 50% de los pacientes. La creatinfosfoquinasa estuvo elevada en 11/14 casos. Dos pacientes requirieron hemodiálisis. Se observó miocarditis mononuclear en dos casos, un hallazgo no descripto para VSN. La letalidad fue del 44% y diez pacientes fallecieron dentro de los primeros 10 días de enfermedad. Durante el brote de SPH por virus Andes en 1996 hubo evidencias epidemiológicas y moleculares de transmisión interpersonal no demostrada hasta entonces para otros miembros del género hantavirus. Estos datos muestran algunas diferencias clínicas del SPH por virus Andes con mayor frecuencia de compromiso renal que el descripto para el VSN

Un brote inusual de Hantavirus en el sur de Argentina: ¿transmisión persona a persona?

El síndrome pulmonar por Hantavirus es una zoonosis sostenida por roedores reconocida primero en los Estados Unidos en 1993. La transmisión persona a persona no ha sido informada; sin embargo, en un brote de 20 casos informados aquí, la evidencia epidemiológica sugiere fuertemente esta ruta de transmisión.Facultad de Ciencias Veterinaria

Un brote inusual de Hantavirus en el sur de Argentina: ¿transmisión persona a persona?

El síndrome pulmonar por Hantavirus es una zoonosis sostenida por roedores reconocida primero en los Estados Unidos en 1993. La transmisión persona a persona no ha sido informada; sin embargo, en un brote de 20 casos informados aquí, la evidencia epidemiológica sugiere fuertemente esta ruta de transmisión.Facultad de Ciencias Veterinaria

An outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, Chile, 1997

Fil: Toro, Jorge. Ministry of Health; Chile.Fil: Vega, Jeanette D. Pan American Health Organization; Chile.Fil: Khan, Ali S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos.Fil: Mills, James N. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos.Fil: Padula, Paula. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas; Argentina.Fil: Terry, William. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos.Fil: Yadón, Zaida. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas; Argentina.Fil: Valderrama, Rosa. Aysen Region XI Health Service; Chile.Fil: Ellis, Barbara A. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos.Fil: Pavletic, Carlos. Ministry of Health; Chile.Fil: Cerda, Rodrigo. Pan American Health Organization; Chile.Fil: Zaki, Sherif. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos.Fil: Wun-Ju, Shieh. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos.Fil: Meyer, Richard. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos.Fil: Tapia, Mauricio. Coyhaique Regional Hospital; Chile.Fil: Mansilla, Carlos. Coyhaique Regional Hospital; Chile.Fil: Baro, Michel. Llanchipal Health Services; Chile.Fil: Vergara, Jose A. Llanchipal Health Services; Chile.Fil: Concha, Marisol. Ministry of Health; Chile.Fil: Calderón, Gladys. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas Dr. Julio Maiztegui; Argentina.Fil: Enria, Delia. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas Dr. Julio Maiztegui; Argentina.Fil: Peters, C.J. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos.Fil: Ksiazek, Thomas G. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos.An outbreak of 25 cases of Andes virus-associated hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) was recognized in southern Chile from July 1997 through January 1998. In addition to the HPS patients, three persons with mild hantaviral disease and one person with asymptomatic acute infection were identified. Epidemiologic studies suggested person-to-person transmission in two of three family clusters. Ecologic studies showed very high densities of several species of sigmodontine rodents in the area

An outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, Chile, 1997

Fil: Toro, Jorge. Ministry of Health; Chile.Fil: Vega, Jeanette D. Pan American Health Organization; Chile.Fil: Khan, Ali S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos.Fil: Mills, James N. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos.Fil: Padula, Paula. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas; Argentina.Fil: Terry, William. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos.Fil: Yadón, Zaida. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas; Argentina.Fil: Valderrama, Rosa. Aysen Region XI Health Service; Chile.Fil: Ellis, Barbara A. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos.Fil: Pavletic, Carlos. Ministry of Health; Chile.Fil: Cerda, Rodrigo. Pan American Health Organization; Chile.Fil: Zaki, Sherif. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos.Fil: Wun-Ju, Shieh. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos.Fil: Meyer, Richard. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos.Fil: Tapia, Mauricio. Coyhaique Regional Hospital; Chile.Fil: Mansilla, Carlos. Coyhaique Regional Hospital; Chile.Fil: Baro, Michel. Llanchipal Health Services; Chile.Fil: Vergara, Jose A. Llanchipal Health Services; Chile.Fil: Concha, Marisol. Ministry of Health; Chile.Fil: Calderón, Gladys. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas Dr. Julio Maiztegui; Argentina.Fil: Enria, Delia. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas Dr. Julio Maiztegui; Argentina.Fil: Peters, C.J. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos.Fil: Ksiazek, Thomas G. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos.An outbreak of 25 cases of Andes virus-associated hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) was recognized in southern Chile from July 1997 through January 1998. In addition to the HPS patients, three persons with mild hantaviral disease and one person with asymptomatic acute infection were identified. Epidemiologic studies suggested person-to-person transmission in two of three family clusters. Ecologic studies showed very high densities of several species of sigmodontine rodents in the area

Juxtaposing BTE and ATE – on the role of the European insurance industry in funding civil litigation

One of the ways in which legal services are financed, and indeed shaped, is through private insurance arrangement. Two contrasting types of legal expenses insurance contracts (LEI) seem to dominate in Europe: before the event (BTE) and after the event (ATE) legal expenses insurance. Notwithstanding institutional differences between different legal systems, BTE and ATE insurance arrangements may be instrumental if government policy is geared towards strengthening a market-oriented system of financing access to justice for individuals and business. At the same time, emphasizing the role of a private industry as a keeper of the gates to justice raises issues of accountability and transparency, not readily reconcilable with demands of competition. Moreover, multiple actors (clients, lawyers, courts, insurers) are involved, causing behavioural dynamics which are not easily predicted or influenced. Against this background, this paper looks into BTE and ATE arrangements by analysing the particularities of BTE and ATE arrangements currently available in some European jurisdictions and by painting a picture of their respective markets and legal contexts. This allows for some reflection on the performance of BTE and ATE providers as both financiers and keepers. Two issues emerge from the analysis that are worthy of some further reflection. Firstly, there is the problematic long-term sustainability of some ATE products. Secondly, the challenges faced by policymakers that would like to nudge consumers into voluntarily taking out BTE LEI

Penilaian Kinerja Keuangan Koperasi di Kabupaten Pelalawan

This paper describe development and financial performance of cooperative in District Pelalawan among 2007 - 2008. Studies on primary and secondary cooperative in 12 sub-districts. Method in this stady use performance measuring of productivity, efficiency, growth, liquidity, and solvability of cooperative. Productivity of cooperative in Pelalawan was highly but efficiency still low. Profit and income were highly, even liquidity of cooperative very high, and solvability was good

Differential cross section measurements for the production of a W boson in association with jets in proton–proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV

Measurements are reported of differential cross sections for the production of a W boson, which decays into a muon and a neutrino, in association with jets, as a function of several variables, including the transverse momenta (pT) and pseudorapidities of the four leading jets, the scalar sum of jet transverse momenta (HT), and the difference in azimuthal angle between the directions of each jet and the muon. The data sample of pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV was collected with the CMS detector at the LHC and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb[superscript −1]. The measured cross sections are compared to predictions from Monte Carlo generators, MadGraph + pythia and sherpa, and to next-to-leading-order calculations from BlackHat + sherpa. The differential cross sections are found to be in agreement with the predictions, apart from the pT distributions of the leading jets at high pT values, the distributions of the HT at high-HT and low jet multiplicity, and the distribution of the difference in azimuthal angle between the leading jet and the muon at low values.United States. Dept. of EnergyNational Science Foundation (U.S.)Alfred P. Sloan Foundatio