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.

Also Known As:

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

Infections: 526564
- Virus Diseases: 41777
  - RNA Virus Infections: 303
    - Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers: 121
      - Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome: 1045
    - Bunyaviridae Infections: 34
      - Hantavirus Infections: 248
        Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome: 1045

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