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Serological evidence of hantavirus infection in an urban area in Mato Grosso State, Brazil
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2016 : INTRODUCTION: In Brazil, Mato Grosso (MT) has the highest number of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome cases. Our study aimed to identify anti-hantavirus antibodies in the sera of patients from Sinop, MT, presenting with acute febrile illness ...
Carla Julia da Silva Pessoa Vieira +7 more
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Atypical case of hantavirus infection in Sri Lanka mimicking leptospirosis: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2020 Background Hantavirus infection is an emerging zoonotic infection which has two characteristic patterns of presentation: hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.
Chamara Dalugama +3 more
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A lethal disease model for New World hantaviruses using immunosuppressed Syrian hamsters. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 Hantavirus, the hemorrhagic causative agent of two clinical diseases, is found worldwide with variation in severity, incidence and mortality. The most lethal hantaviruses are found on the American continent where the most prevalent viruses like Andes ...
Valentijn Vergote +6 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012 Hantavirus disease is caused by the hantavirus, which is an RNA virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae. Hantavirus disease is an anthropozoonotic infection transmitted through the inhalation of aerosols from the excreta of hantavirus-infected rodents.
João Bosco Lima Gimaque +9 more
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Endothelial cell permeability during hantavirus infection involves factor XII-dependent increased activation of the kallikrein-kinin system. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2013 Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) are diseases caused by hantavirus infections and are characterized by vascular leakage due to alterations of the endothelial barrier.
Shannon L Taylor +4 more
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, 2020 Abstract This chapter looks at hantavirus in detail. Hantaviruses are among the infectious agents currently found in the United States with the potential of causing plagues. Generally, symptoms are fever, muscle pain, cough, nausea, vomiting, and headache lasting about 4 but up to 15 days and eventually requiring hospitalization of the ...
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NK cell activation in human hantavirus infection explained by virus-induced IL-15/IL15Rα expression. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2014 Clinical infection with hantaviruses cause two severe acute diseases, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). These diseases are characterized by strong immune activation, increased vascular permeability, and
Monika Braun +6 more
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2012 INTRODUCTION: Hantavirus is a genus of ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses included in the family Bunyaviridae. Hantaviruses are rodent-borne zoonoses that, in the last 18 years, became an emergent public health problem in the Americas, causing a severe ...
Ioni Oliveira Santos +5 more
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Two Atypical Cases of Hantavirus Infections from Sri Lanka
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2018 There are two categories of hantaviruses resulting in two distinct illnesses. The Old World (Asia and Europe) viruses give rise to hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), and the New World (Americas) viruses cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS)
N. D. B. Ehelepola +3 more
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Serum LPS Associated with Hantavirus and Dengue Disease Severity in Barbados
Viruses, 2019 Hantavirus and dengue virus (DENV) infections are caused by RNA viruses which infect immune systems’ cells including monocytes, macrophages and dendritic cells and occur year-round in Barbados.
Kirk Osmond Douglas +2 more
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