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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Summary
Cause
: Sin Nombre Virus (Hantavirus)
Transmission
: aerosol from mouse droppings
Symptoms
: fever, muscle aches, pulmonary edema
Pathogenesis
: Cytopathic infection of lung tissue causing hemorrhage and pulmonary edema
Complications
: death
Treatment
: supportive
Vaccine
: no