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Potential Renal Sequelae in Survivors of Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome [PDF]

open access: yesThe American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2009
Although other hantaviruses are associated with renal manifestations, hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) has not been associated with such sequelae. The HCPS survivors were prospectively evaluated for renal complications. Subjects underwent yearly evaluation, laboratory studies, and 24-hour urine collection. Thirty subjects were evaluated after
Steven A, Pergam   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome: a report of two cases [PDF]

open access: yesJornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial, 2013
Infection with hantavirus, from the family Bunyaviridae, causes hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) in the Americas. This highly lethal anthropozoonosis afflicts preferentially individuals in rural areas and is transmitted by aerosol of excreta from infected wild rodents.
Marcos Lazaro Moreli   +6 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Prevalence of serum antibodies to hantavirus in a rural population from the southern state of Santa Catarina, Brazil

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2012
INTRODUCTION: Rodent-borne hantaviruses cause severe human diseases. We completed a serological survey of hantavirus infection in rural inhabitants of Turvo County, in the southern State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, in which seropositivity for hantavirus ...
Gregório Wrublevski Pereira   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Progress on the Prevention and Treatment of Hantavirus Disease

open access: yesViruses, 2019
Hantaviruses, members of the order Bunyavirales, family Hantaviridae, have a world-wide distribution and are responsible for greater than 150,000 cases of disease per year.
Rebecca L. Brocato, Jay W. Hooper
doaj   +1 more source

The fundamental role of endothelial cells in hantavirus pathogenesis

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2014
Hantavirus, a genus of rodent- and insectivore-borne viruses in the family Bunyaviridae, is a group of emerging zoonotic pathogens. Hantaviruses cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) in man ...
Jussi eHepojoki   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Potential geographic distribution of hantavirus reservoirs in Brazil.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome is an emerging zoonosis in Brazil. Human infections occur via inhalation of aerosolized viral particles from excreta of infected wild rodents.
Stefan Vilges de Oliveira   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hantavirus infection among children hospitalized for febrile illness suspected to be dengue in Barbados

open access: yesJournal of Infection and Public Health, 2016
Summary: Emerging picture of hantavirus infection in the South America is characterized by greater proportion of childhood infection and wider spectrum of disease from mild asymptomatic to lethal cardiopulmonary disease.
Alok Kumar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Serological investigation of orthohantaviruses in patients with fever of unknown origin in Kazakhstan

open access: yesZoonoses and Public Health, Volume 67, Issue 3, Page 271-279, May 2020., 2020
Abstract Objective Orthohantaviruses are geographically widely distributed and present various clinical manifestations from mild symptoms to the severe form of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Eurasia. Official registration of HFRS in Kazakhstan started in the year 2000.
Nur Tukhanova   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hantaviral proteins: structure, functions and role in hantavirus infection

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2015
Hantaviruses are the members of the family Bunyaviridae that are naturally maintained in the populations of small mammals, mostly rodents. Most of these viruses can easily infect humans through contact with aerosols or dust generated by contaminated ...
Musalwa eMuyangwa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Zoonotic Hantaviridae with Global Public Health Significance

open access: yesViruses, 2023
Hantaviridae currently encompasses seven genera and 53 species. Multiple hantaviruses such as Hantaan virus, Seoul virus, Dobrava-Belgrade virus, Puumala virus, Andes virus, and Sin Nombre virus are highly pathogenic to humans.
Rui-Xu Chen   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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