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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, Maria Luisa Aznar, Núria Serre-Delcor, Fernando Salvador, Adrian Sanchez-Montalvá, Mateu Espasa, Daniel Molina, Fernando de Ory, M. Paz Sanchez-Seco, Israel Molina, Candido Diaz-Lagares, Miguel J. Martinez, Tomàs Pumarola, Inés Oliveira   +13 more
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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

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 ...
Christina Spiropoulou, Adam Macneil
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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.
Colleen B Jonsson, Jay Hooper, Gregory J Mertz   +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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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, Jin Chang Moon, Hee Chan Yang, Kyung Pyo Kang, Won Kim, Sung Kwang Park, Sik Lee   +6 more
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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

Postgraduate medicine
Preview 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 Pulmonary Syndrome in Manitoba [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2001
The first confirmed case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Manitoba was diagnosed in 1999. To define better the risk of exposure to hantaviruses in this area, the clinical features and epidemiological factors pertaining to this case were described, and
L Robbin Lindsay, Michael A Drebot, Elise Weiss, Harvey Artsob   +3 more
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Time to revise the paradigm of hantavirus syndromes? Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome caused by European hantavirus [PDF]

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2011
Hantaviruses have previously been recognised to cause two separate syndromes: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Eurasia, and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in the Americas. However, increasing evidence suggests that this dichotomy is no longer fruitful when recognising human hantavirus disease and understanding the pathogenesis.
Magnus Evander, , Andersson C
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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a postpartum woman. [PDF]

Indian J Crit Care Med, 2016
Hantavirus infection, a rare disease diagnosed in India and carries a very high mortality. There are no reports of this infection in association with pregnancy or postpartum period in our country. We present a case of a 30-year-old female diagnosed to have hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the postpartum period.
Murthy PR, Ucchil R, Shah U, Chaudhari D.   +3 more
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Diagnostic and clinical challenges of hantavirus-associated acute kidney injury [PDF]

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Introduction: Hantavirus infection is an uncommon zoonosis in Europe but remains an important cause of acute kidney injury, particularly in patients with environmental exposure to rodents.
Nouha Ghriss, Charlotte Mussini, Sonia Kammoun, Chadi Azar, Pierre Leroy, Franck Pourcine, Nabil Belfeki   +6 more
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