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An online information network about the NEW WORLD HANTAVIRUS and HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME In 1993, a previously unknown infectious disease agent was discovered by a task force of scientists in New Mexico. This disease agent occurs naturally throughout most of North and South America; it is airborne, and in the absence of prompt medical attention, its infections are usually fatal. This ...

Hantavirus. What is hantavirus It is a virus that causes Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), a form of adult respiratory disease syndrome.

By Michon Scott February 5, 2002 On May 14, 1993, a young, physically fit man living in the American Southwest suddenly collapsed. He was rushed to a New Mexico hospital but died of acute respiratory failure within hours. The man had been on his way to a funeral his fiancee died a similar death just days earlier. By May 17, medical center officials identified three similar deaths in the Four ...

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Zoonoses are infections naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans. They are an heterogenous group of infections with a varied epidemiology. They are monitored in England and Wales, by CDSC Wales on behalf of the PHLS.

Hantavirus: What is it and what can be done about it

Communicable Disease Fact Sheet, Hantavirus infections.

Communicable Disease Fact Sheet Hantavirus.

Article by Frederick A. Murphy, University of California, Davis for Emerging Infectious Diseases July-September 1998. In the past few years, emergent disease episodes have increased; nearly all have involved zoonotic or species-jumping infectious agents. Because there is no way to predict when or where the next important new zoonotic pathogen will emerge or what its ultimate importance might be, investigation at the first sign of emergence of a new zoonotic disease is particularly important.

Medical machine can be lifesaver for Hantavirus victims. ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (CNN).