Blas Armién, Carlos Muñoz, Hector Cedeño, Jacqueline R Salazar, Tybbyssay P Salinas, Publio González, José Trujillo, Deyanira Sánchez, Jamileth Mariñas, Ayvar Hernández, Harmodio Cruz, Leisy Yovany Villarreal, Elba Grimaldo, Samuel González, Heydy Nuñez, Susana Hesse, Fernando Rivera, George Edwards, Ricardo Chong, Ovidio Mendoza, Martín Meza, Milagro Herrera, Rudick Kant, Raul Esquivel, Dora Estripeaut, Demetrio Serracín, Bernardino Denis, Esthefani Robles, Yaxelis Mendoza, Gloria Gonzalez, Felicia Tulloch, Juan Miguel Pascale, Jonathan L Dunnum, Joseph A Cook, Anibal G Armién, Fernando Gracia, Gladys Alicia Guerrero, Itza de Mosca
Twenty years have passed since the emergence of hantavirus zoonosis in Panama at the beginning of this millennium. We provide an overview of epidemiological surveillance of hantavirus disease (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and hantavirus fever) during the period 1999-2019 by including all reported and confirmed cases according to the case definition established by the health authority. Our findings reveal that hantavirus disease is a low-frequency disease, affecting primarily young people, with a relatively low case-fatality rate compared to other hantaviruses in the Americas (e...
June 19, 2023: Viruses