Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
"Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Acute respiratory illness in humans caused by the SIN NOMBRE VIRUS whose primary rodent reservoir is the deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus. First identified in the southwestern United States, this syndrome is characterized most commonly by fever, myalgias, headache, cough, and rapid respiratory failure.
| Descriptor ID |
D018804
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.782.147.420.380 C08.618.846.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndromes
- HARDS
- Hantavirus-Associated Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Hantavirus Associated Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Placebo-controlled, double-blind trial of intravenous ribavirin for the treatment of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome in North America. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Nov 01; 39(9):1307-13.