Influence of Climatic Factors on Human Hantavirus Infections in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic Review [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Background: With the current climate change crisis and its influence on infectious disease transmission there is an increased desire to understand its impact on infectious diseases globally.
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Two Atypical Cases of Hantavirus Infections from Sri Lanka [PDF]
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)
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Detection of probable hantavirus infections in clinically suspected dengue patients in a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Acute febrile illnesses, including dengue fever, are common causes of hospitalization in Sri Lanka. However, a significant proportion of clinically suspected dengue cases tested negative for dengue-specific markers, raising concerns about ...
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Vaccines and therapeutics for Andes hantavirus [PDF]
npj VirusesThe recent outbreak of Andes hantavirus (ANDV) on a cruise ship has raised concerns. While it is unlikely that hantaviruses will cause the next pandemic, increasing numbers of hantavirus infections are observed globally over the last years and the ...
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A Macaque Model for Hantavirus Infection [PDF]
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1995 Cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) were experimentally infected with Puumala virus (strain Hällnäs), which causes nephropathia epidemica in humans in western Europe. During the first week after intratracheal inoculation, the monkeys exhibited signs of lethargy followed by mild proteinuria and microhematuria.
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Acta Biomedica Scientifica, 2017 Background. Hantavirus infections are one of the most important zoonotic diseases in the Russian Federation. However, the pathogenicity of Hantaviruses circulating in Siberia is still unknown.
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Hantavirus infections in Finland
Eurosurveillance, 1995 Hantaviruses cause haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantaviruspulmonary syndrome (HPS), and occur throughout the world. The viruses aretransmitted to humans in aerosols of rodent secretions.
H, Henttonen, A, Vaheri, O, Vapalahti
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Hantavirus Infection with Renal Failure and Proteinuria, Colorado, USA, 2019
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 In North America, hantaviruses commonly cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). Clinical descriptions of hantavirus-associated renal disease in the Americas are scarce.
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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.
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The Ecology and Phylogeny of Hosts Drive the Enzootic Infection Cycles of Hantaviruses
Viruses, 2019 Hantaviruses (Family: Hantaviridae; genus: Orthohantavirus) and their associated human diseases occur globally and differ according to their geographic distribution.
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