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Modeling to Predict Cases of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Chile [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 Background: Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a life threatening disease transmitted by the rodent Oligoryzomys longicaudatus in Chile. Hantavirus outbreaks are typically small and geographically confined.
Elaine O Nsoesie +2 more
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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Traveler Returning from Nepal to Spain [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 Most human hantavirus infections occur in Asia, but some cases have been described in Europe in travelers returning from Asia. We describe a case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a previously healthy traveler occurring shortly after he returned to ...
Elena Sulleiro +13 more
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Treatment of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome [PDF]
Antiviral Research, 2008 Viruses in the genus Hantavirus can cause one of two serious illnesses when transmitted from rodents to humans: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) or hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). Of the two diseases, HPS is more severe with an approximate 40% mortality across the Americas.
Jay W Hooper +2 more
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Virus Research, 2011 Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a severe disease characterized by a rapid onset of pulmonary edema followed by respiratory failure and cardiogenic shock. The HPS associated viruses are members of the genus Hantavirus, family Bunyaviridae. Hantaviruses have a worldwide distribution and are broadly split into the New World hantaviruses, which ...
Adam Macneil +2 more
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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome—The 25th Anniversary of the Four Corners Outbreak [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 During the spring of 1993, a mysterious respiratory disease struck the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. Persons who became ill were generally young and previously healthy before succumbing to an acute febrile illness that began with
Charles J. Van Hook
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Serosurvey of hantavirus infection in humans in the border region between Brazil and Argentina [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011 INTRODUCTION: According to reports by the Ministry of Health, in the far western region of the State of Santa Catarina, there have been no reports of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a zoonotic disease transmitted by feces of infected rodents.
William Marciel de Souza +3 more
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Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and coexisting hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Kidney Research and Clinical Practice, 2012 Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is an acute viral disease with fever, hemorrhage and renal failure caused by hantavirus infection. Hantavirus induces HFRS or hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS).
Young Min Hong +6 more
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Dendritic Cells (DCs) as “Fire Accelerants” of Hantaviral Pathogenesis [PDF]
Viruses, 2019 Hantaviruses are widespread zoonotic pathogens found around the globe. Depending on their geographical location, hantaviruses can cause two human syndromes, haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) or hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS).
Günther Schönrich, Martin J. Raftery
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Postgraduate medicinePreview An alarming new disease was first reported in mid-1993, and by late 1994, almost 100 cases had been identified nationwide. Mild prodromal flulike symptoms were followed within days by rapidly progressive respiratory illness and early death. Cooperative efforts of many agencies soon established the cause- a previously unidentified hantavirus ...
Moore RA, Griffen D.
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Hantavirus-infection confers resistance to cytotoxic lymphocyte-mediated apoptosis. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2013 Hantaviruses cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus cardio-pulmonary syndrome (HCPS; also called hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS)), both human diseases with high case-fatality rates.
Shawon Gupta +7 more
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