Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome: A Clinical Description of 17 Patients with a Newly Recognized Disease

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Authors

Jeffrey S. Duchin

Frederick Koster · University of New Mexico Hospital

C. J. Peters

Gary L. Simpson · University of New Mexico Hospital

Edith T. Umland · New Mexico Resonance

Abstract

Infection with a newly described hantavirus causes the hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, which is characterized by a brief prodromal illness followed by rapidly progressive, noncardiogenic pulmonary edema.

Topics & Keywords

Viral Infections and Vectors Fire effects on ecosystems Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 330, Issue 14, pp. 949-955

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199404073301401

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