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... > Infections > Virus Diseases > RNA Virus Infections > Bunyaviridae Infections > Hantavirus Infections > Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
Respiratory Tract Diseases > Respiration Disorders > Respiratory Insufficiency > Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

Preferred term

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Hantavirus Associated Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Hantavirus-Associated Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • HARDS

Note

  • causes resp failure

Scope note

  • Acute respiratory illness in humans caused by the SIN NOMBRE VIRUS whose primary rodent reservoir is the deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus. First identified in the southwestern United States, this syndrome is characterized most commonly by fever, myalgias, headache, cough, and rapid respiratory failure.

History note

  • 95

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018804

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