Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a group of diseases caused by hantaviruses which are members of family Bunyaviridae. Rodents and Soricomorpha species are natural reservoirs of these viruses, and humans acquire infection by inhaling the excreta of infected animals. HFRS is characterized by renal failure, hemorrhages, and shock. The serotype Puumala virus also causes nephropathia epidemica, a milder variant of HFRS.
Category
Viral infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Certain zoonotic viral diseases
1D62 Hantavirus disease
H00389 Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by -ssRNA viruses
H00389 Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
Kariwa H, Yoshikawa K, Tanikawa Y, Seto T, Sanada T, Saasa N, Ivanov LI, Slonova R, Zakharycheva TA, Nakamura I, Yoshimatsu K, Arikawa J, Yoshii K, Takashima I
Title
Isolation and characterization of hantaviruses in Far East Russia and etiology of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in the region.
