Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome
Synonyms
Epidemic Hemorrhagic Fever
Epidemic Hemorrhagic Fevers
HFRS
Hemorrhagic Fever, Epidemic
Hemorrhagic Fever, Korean
Hemorrhagic Fevers, Epidemic
Hemorrhagic Nephroso Nephritis
Hemorrhagic Nephroso-Nephritides
Hemorrhagic Nephroso-Nephritis
Korean Hemorrhagic Fever
Nephropathia Epidemica
Nephroso-Nephritides, Hemorrhagic
Nephroso-Nephritis, Hemorrhagic
An acute febrile disease occurring predominately in Asia. It is characterized by fever, prostration, vomiting, hemorrhagic phenonema, shock, and renal failure. It is caused by any one of several closely related species of the genus Hantavirus. The most severe form is caused by HANTAAN VIRUS whose natural host is the rodent Apodemus agrarius. Milder forms are caused by SEOUL VIRUS and transmitted by the rodents Rattus rattus and R. norvegicus, and the PUUMALA VIRUS with transmission by Clethrionomys galreolus.