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Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) are rodent-borne emerging diseases caused by members of the genus Hantavirus, family Bunyaviridae. Some species of hantavirus may cause encephalitis, but this is the first report in Andes virus associated to HPS.

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PubMed ID:: 21240581

DOI:: 10.1007/s13365-010-0011-4

ScienceOpen disciplines: Chemistry

Keywords: Animals,Argentina,Encephalitis,etiology,physiopathology,virology,Hantavirus,isolation & purification,pathogenicity,Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome,complications,Humans,Male,Rodent Diseases,transmission,Rodentia

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ScienceOpen disciplines: Chemistry

Keywords: Animals, Argentina, Encephalitis, etiology, physiopathology, virology, Hantavirus, isolation & purification, pathogenicity, Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, complications, Humans, Male, Rodent Diseases, transmission, Rodentia

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome: encephalitis caused by virus Andes.

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