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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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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, Southern Chile

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
We analyzed data from 25 consecutive patients with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) admitted to the Puerto Montt and Osorno Regional Hospitals, southern Chile, from 1997 to 2001, emphasizing epidemiologic, clinical, radiographic, treatment, and ...
Raúl Riquelme, Mauricio Riquelme, Antoni Torres, Maria Luisa Rioseco, José Antonio Vergara, Luis Scholz, Andrea Carriel   +6 more
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OVERVIEW ON HANTAVIRUS CARDIOPULMONARY SYNDROME: IS IT THREATENED TO ARAB COUNTRIES INCLUDING EGYPT? [PDF]

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2022
Orthohantavirus is a genus of single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA viruses in thefamily Hantaviridae within the order Bunyavirales. Members are called orthohantaviruses orsimply hantaviruses. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), Hantavirus is a
AYMAN MORSY, HUSSEIN HUSSEIN, AHMED AHMED, Tosson Morsy   +3 more
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Hantavirus infection with pulmonary symptoms in north central part of Sri Lanka

Journal of Clinical Virology Plus, 2021
Background: Classical hantavirus infections present as haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Euro-Asia and as hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in America.  Mixed clinical features have been reported from certain novel hantavirus infections.
Rohitha Muthugala, Kalpa Dheerasekara, Nandika Harischandra, Darshana Wickramasinghe, Mudhitha Abeykoon, Dhanushka Dasanayake, Aresha Manamperi, Sunethra Gunasena, Geethani Galagoda   +8 more
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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome [PDF]

Heart & Lung, 1998
Abstract The number of known HPS cases in the United States is now more than 150, and the illness has occurred in all geographic areas of the country. Though the incidence of the disease is low, the mortality rate remains at 50%, owing to the difficulty in treating a simultaneous severe pulmonary capillary leak syndrome and cardiogenic shock ...
Heidi A. Jordan, Allen M. Jones, Paul Bannister   +2 more
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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, Monika Braun, Nicole D Tischler, Malin Stoltz, Karin B Sundström, Niklas K Björkström, Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren, Jonas Klingström   +7 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, Lies Laenen, Bert Vanmechelen, Marc Van Ranst, Erik Verbeken, Jay W Hooper, Piet Maes   +6 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.
Colleen B, Jonsson, Jay, Hooper, Gregory, Mertz   +2 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 ...
Adam, Macneil, Stuart T, Nichol, Christina F, Spiropoulou   +2 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, Madushi Nanayakkara, Nimanthi Rathnayaka, Arjuna Medagama   +3 more
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