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==Overview==
==Overview==
 
The symptoms of hantavirus infection may include sudden fever, prostration, myalgia, and abdominal discomfort. Pulmonary and hemorrhagic symptoms may also arise in severe disease.


==Symptoms==
==Symptoms==
===Common symptoms===
===Common symptoms===
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*Sudden fever
*Sudden fever
*Prostation
*Prostration
*Myalgia
*Myalgia
*Abdominal discomfort
*Abdominal discomfort

Revision as of 15:22, 7 July 2017

Template:Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Furqan M M. M.B.B.S[2]

Overview

The symptoms of hantavirus infection may include sudden fever, prostration, myalgia, and abdominal discomfort. Pulmonary and hemorrhagic symptoms may also arise in severe disease.

Symptoms

Common symptoms

The common symptoms of hantavirus infection are:[1]

  • Sudden fever
  • Prostration
  • Myalgia
  • Abdominal discomfort

Less common symptoms

  • Dry cough
  • Rapidly increasing dyspnea
  • Petechiae
  • Inflammatory symptoms of the eye
  • Acute myopia

References

  1. Jiang H, Zheng X, Wang L, Du H, Wang P, Bai X (2017). "Hantavirus infection: a global zoonotic challenge". Virol Sin. 32 (1): 32–43. doi:10.1007/s12250-016-3899-x. PMID 28120221.

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