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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Previous indexing

Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral (1966-1976)

History note

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

Public note

1995; see HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EPIDEMIC 1977-1994, see HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS, VIRAL 1966-1976; for NEUROPATHIA EPIDEMICA see HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS 1994-2001; for EPIDEMIC HEMORRHAGIC FEVER see EPIDEMIC HEMORRHAGIC FEVER 1963-1976