A Case-Control Study of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome during an Outbreak in the Southwestern United States

Paul S. Zeitz,* Jay C. Butler, James E. Cheek, Michael C. Samuel, James E. Childs, Lee A. Shands, Richard E. Turner, Ronald E. Voorhees, John Sarisky, Pierre E. Rollin, Thomas G. Ksiazek, Louisa Chapman, Susan E. Reef,* Kenneth K. Komatsu, Craig Dalton,* John W. Krebs, Gary O. Maupin, Kenneth Gage, C. Mack Sewell, Robert F. Breiman, and C. J. Peters Division of Field Epidemiology, Epidemiology Program Office, and Divisions of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, and Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, and Fort Collins, Colorado; Headquarters West, Indian Health Service, Albuquerque, and New Mexico Department of Health, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Window Rock, and Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix, Arizona; Colorado Department of Health, Denver