ALLMedicine™ Hantavirus Center

Sep 17th, 2020 - Puumala hantavirus (PUUV) hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is common in Northern Europe; this infection is usually self-limited and severe complications are uncommon. PUUV and other hantaviruses, however, can rarely cause encephalitis....

Sep 24th, 2019 - Seoul hantavirus (SEOV) has recently raised concern by causing geographic range expansion of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). SEOV infections in humans are significantly underestimated worldwide and epidemic dynamics of SEOV-related H...

Feb 1st, 2019 - Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a zoonosis caused by hantavirus (belongs to Hantaviridae family). A large amount of HFRS cases occur in China, especially in the Heilongjiang Province, raising great concerns regarding public health....

Jan 15th, 2019 - Background In May 1993, an unusual cluster of deaths occurred in the southwestern United States. The deaths were characterized by a febrile prodrome that preceded acute respiratory failure and shock. Physicians from the Indian Health Service and t...

Jan 15th, 2019 - Background In May 1993, an unusual cluster of deaths occurred in the southwestern United States. The deaths were characterized by a febrile prodrome that preceded acute respiratory failure and shock. Physicians from the Indian Health Service and t...

Feb 20th, 2018 - It's better to beg forgiveness than ask permission. That phrase was the modus operandi of Clarence James Peters -- an old-school "virus hunter" in the style of Indiana Jones -- whose work has taken him from seeking out diseases in cities tucked in...

Apr 13th, 2017 - Patients with hantavirus exposure were exposed to rodents or rodent droppings either at home, at work, or in recreational areas, said CDC researchers. Writing in Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers tracked 662 cases of hantavirus from 1993 t...