About Hantavirus | Hantavirus | CDC - Centers for Disease Control …
Hantaviruses are a family of viruses which can cause serious illnesses and death. These viruses cause diseases like hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). They are spread mainly by rodents and are not spread from person-to-person.
Hantavirus Prevention | Hantavirus | CDC - Centers for Disease …
Key points. Hantaviruses are a family of viruses which can cause serious illness and death. You can get hantavirus from infected rodents or their droppings. Avoiding exposure to rodents and their urine and feces is the best way to prevent infection.
Reported Cases of Hantavirus Disease | Hantavirus | CDC
Jun 26, 2024 · Learn about the history of hantavirus disease in the U.S. and when CDC started conducting surveillance or tracking the numbers of people who got sick from the disease. Find out where it is more commonly found in the U.S. and what communities have felt the biggest impacts.
Clinical Overview of Hantavirus | Hantavirus | CDC
May 23, 2024 · Hantaviruses are a family of viruses found around the world that can cause serious illnesses and death. These viruses cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). They are spread mainly by rodents.
Clinician Brief: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
May 23, 2024 · The most common hantavirus that causes HPS in the U.S. is spread by the deer mouse. People can contract hantavirus if they have contact with urine, feces or saliva of a rodent carrying the virus. This can occur when people: Breathe in hantavirus-contaminated air when cleaning up after rodents.
Clinician Brief: Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome
Some hantaviruses cause a disease called Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS), which can cause kidney damage. In the United States, Seoul virus is the only hantavirus that causes HFRS. Early identification and care are important to helping HFRS patients recover.
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Hantavirus Disease Trainings for Healthcare Providers
Jun 3, 2024 · Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, a respiratory disease caused by infection with hantaviruses, is a Nationally Notifiable Disease in the U.S. This video provides an overview of hantavirus disease for clinicians in the Four Corners region of the U.S.
Hantavirus Infections in Humans and Animals, China
Mar 30, 2011 · Environmental and social economic changes may affect the geographic distribution, abundance, and dynamics of rodent carriers and, hence, the epidemiology of hantavirus infections. Over the past few decades, recognition and understanding of hantavirus infection in China have greatly improved.
Hantavirus Infection, Non-Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
Humans can contract hantavirus infection when they come into contact with infected rodents or their urine and droppings. Patients with hantavirus infection typically present in a nonspecific way with a relatively short febrile prodrome lasting 3-5 days.