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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Occupational Disease Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Category Infection, Occupational
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Severity
Acute-Severe
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Synonyms
Hantavirus ARDS; Sin Nombre virus infection; Black Creek Canal virus infection
Information on Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Screening and Imaging
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome was first identified in 1993 in the Four Corners region of New Mexico, USA. Patients had flu-like symptoms followed by respiratory distress and hypotension with a mortality rate of about 50%. Workers are infected by inhaling aerosols of rodent excreta. Person to person transmission has not been seen in the USA, but it was reported in an outbreak in Argentina. [Chin, p. 234-6] Leucocytosis (increased white blood cells) is a found after the initial phase. [Merck Manual, p. 1311]
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Latency
2 weeks (few days to 6 weeks)
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome References
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hanta/hantvrus.htm