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Featured Prevention and Control Items

Hantavirus in the Americas: Guidelines for Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention, and Control
This publication presents an extensive view of what came to be known as hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), its clinical manifestations, methods of preventing infection, and measures taken by governments in the Region to monitor hanta-viruses and educate health professionals and the general public about the disease. This comprehensive manual begins by describing the different hanta-viruses known in the Americas and their reservoirs, rodent ecology and zoology, and the epidemiology of human disease in the Region. this page provides access to the e-book in downloadable PDF files, with a link to the PAHO bookstore.
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PAHO Resolutions and Regional Mandates

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CSP27.R10: Regional Policy and Strategy for Ensuring Quality of Health Care, Including Patient Safety

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CD44.R6: Primary Health Care in the Americas: Lessons Learned over 25 Years and Future Challenges

Regional Strategies

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EID Weekly Updates: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Region of the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 14—8 April 2004

Subregional Strategies

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EID Weekly Updates: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Region of the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 14—8 April 2004

National Programs

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EID Weekly Updates: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Region of the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 14—8 April 2004

Disease Management Guidelines

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Hantavirus in the Americas: Guidelines for Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention, and Control

Quality of Care

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CSP27.R10: Regional Policy and Strategy for Ensuring Quality of Health Care, Including Patient Safety

Reports

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Epidemiological Alerts Archives, 2003–2008

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EID Updates: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Region of the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 25—18 August 2004

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