Diseases

Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome

An acute febrile disease occurring predominately in Asia. It is characterized by fever, prostration, vomiting, hemorrhagic phenonema, shock, and renal failure. It is caused by any one of several closely related species of the genus ORTHOHANTAVIRUS. The most severe form is caused by HANTAAN VIRUS whose natural host is the rodent Apodemus agrarius. Milder forms are caused by SEOUL VIRUS and transmitted by the rodents Rattus rattus and R. norvegicus, and the PUUMALA VIRUS with transmission by Clethrionomys galreolus.

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An acute febrile disease occurring predominately in Asia. It is characterized by fever, prostration, vomiting, hemorrhagic phenonema, shock, and renal failure. It is caused by any one of several closely related species of the genus ORTHOHANTAVIRUS. The most severe form is caused by HANTAAN VIRUS whose natural host is the rodent Apodemus agrarius. Milder forms are caused by SEOUL VIRUS and transmitted by the rodents Rattus rattus and R. norvegicus, and the PUUMALA VIRUS with transmission by Clethrionomys galreolus.

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  • HFRS
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Epidemic
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Korean
  • Hemorrhagic Nephroso-Nephritis
  • Epidemic Hemorrhagic Fever
  • Epidemic Hemorrhagic Fevers
  • Hemorrhagic Fevers, Epidemic
  • Hemorrhagic Nephroso Nephritis
  • Hemorrhagic Nephroso-Nephritides
  • Korean Hemorrhagic Fever
  • Nephroso-Nephritides, Hemorrhagic
  • Nephroso-Nephritis, Hemorrhagic
  • Nephropathia Epidemica

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

1995 (1977); for NEUROPATHIA EPIDEMICA use HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS 1994-2001

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  • Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral (1966-1976)

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  1. C01w.925w.782.147.420w.400w
  2. C01w.925w.782.417w.300w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006480. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006480
  2. Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hantavirus_hemorrhagic_fever_with_renal_syndrome
  3. Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9002005