TY - GEN TI - Hantavirus in the Americas: guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control T2 - PAHO. Technical Paper SN - 92-75-13047-7 PB - PAHO KW - VIRUSES KW - MICROORGANISMS KW - INFECTIOUS DISEASES KW - VIROLOGY KW - DISEASE CONTROL N2 - Provides an overview of the Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), its clinical manifestation and modes of transmission, methods of preventing infection, and measures taken by regional agreements to monitor the hantavirus and educate health professionals and the general public about the disease. It describes the different hantavirus known in the Americas and their reservoirs, rodent, ecology and zoology, and the epidemiology of human disease in the region. Presents recommendation for the prevention and control of the virus infection in the region ER -