Hantavirus syndrome refers to the pulmonary syndrome caused by hantaviruses, recognized as a distinct clinical entity among the new lower respiratory tract pathogens [1]. It is associated with deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) as the reservoir in the United States and Canada [1].
Disease overview
Hantavirus syndrome
汉他病毒症候群
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Pulmonary hantavirus syndrome has been reported among severe lower respiratory tract infections in North America, with the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) identified as the reservoir species in that region [1]. The syndrome is associated with high case-fatality and has been characterized as an emerging pulmonary infectious disease in the 1990s literature [1].
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- 1Regamey C et al. [Various new pathogens in pneumonia]. Schweiz Med Wochenschr. 1995 Nov 11. PMID: 8525335.PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8525335/
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