Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and coexisting hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

• Main Authors: Young Min Hong (Author), Jin Chang Moon (Author), Hee Chan Yang (Author), Kyung Pyo Kang (Author), Won Kim (Author), Sung Kwang Park (Author), Sik Lee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is an acute viral disease with fever, hemorrhage and renal failure caused by hantavirus infection. Hantavirus induces HFRS or hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). HPS progression to a life-threatening pulmonary disease is found primarily in the USA and ve...