Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS): A Concise Review based on Current Knowledge and Emerging Concept.
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2014-11
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Hantaviruses are rodent-borne bunyaviruses transmitted from the rodents. Today numerous rodent species are
carrying hantaviruses throughout the world. These group of viruses can cause one of two types of viral
hemorrhagic fever (VHF) in human beings namely hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), and
hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). In the spring of 1993, an unknown group of hantaviruses emerged in the
United States as the cause of an acute respiratory disease currently termed as Hantavirus pulmonary symdrome
(HPS), also referred to as hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS). HPS is characterized by an acute onset
of headache, fever, hypovolemic hypotension, myalgia and respiratory failure. This review covers the
distribution, virology, epidemiology, pathophysiology, symptoms, treatment and prevention of hantavirus causing
HPS/HCPS.
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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), Rodents, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology
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Singh Pratibha, Talwar Priti, Palaniyandi Ravanan. Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS): A Concise Review based on Current Knowledge and Emerging Concept. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. 2014 Nov; 4(11): 122-130.