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Microbial Diseases of the Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems

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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)Korean hemorrhagic fever caused byHantaan virus <strong>of</strong> BunyaviridaeHPS first reported in US in spring <strong>of</strong> 1993.Transmission through urine, droppings, or saliva<strong>of</strong> infected rodents humans brea<strong>the</strong> inaerosolized virus. No person to persontransmission in USSudden respiratory failureMortality rate > 35%Copyright © 2006 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings

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