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Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
Occupational Disease Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome Category Infection, Occupational
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome Severity
Acute-Severe
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome Synonyms
Epidemic hemorrhagic fever; Korean hemorrhagic fever; Nephropathia epidemica; Hemorrhagic nephrosonephritis; HFRS
Information on Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Screening and Imaging
In the severe disease caused by Hanta and Dobrava viruses, five clinical phases have been described: febrile, hypotensive, oliguric, diuretic, and convalescent. Case-fatality rates for this syndrome range from less than 1% for the Puumala virus to 5%-15% for the Hanta and Dobrava viruses. Field rodents are the reservoir, and the virus is present in feces, urine, and saliva of infected animals. Workers are infected by inhaling dust contaminated with rodent excreta. Person-to-person transmission occurs rarely. An experimental vaccine for humans is available. [Chin, p. 231-4] Leucocytosis (increased white blood cells) and thrombocytopenia are found after the initial phase. [Merck Manual, p. 1310-11]
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome Latency
Few days to 2 months, usually 2-4 weeks
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome References
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pphb-dgspsp/msds-ftss/msds74e.html