Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in the North-West region of Russia

The data of the literature and our own research of clinical and epidemiological features of hantavirus infection the North-West region of Russia, showing the loss of endemicity of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. It is noted mostly airborne infection in young and middle-aged men, year-round na...

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Published inVoenno-medicinskij ̆zurnal Vol. 338; no. 4; p. 37
Main Authors Rudakov, Yu V, Shelukhin, V A, Shishkin, M K, Popov, S I, Kann, E A, Zhanzharov, K V, Mal'tseva, O A, Konushkaliev, A A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Russia (Federation) 01.04.2017
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Summary:The data of the literature and our own research of clinical and epidemiological features of hantavirus infection the North-West region of Russia, showing the loss of endemicity of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. It is noted mostly airborne infection in young and middle-aged men, year-round nature of the disease with seasonal peaks. The clinical picture is moderately prevalent the disease with no or minimal systemic manifestation of hemorrhagic syndrome, often marked by thrombocytopenia, moderate dysfunction and kidney damage in half the time without reducing urine output. The introduction of acute kidney damage concept allows significantly improve the diagnostic efficiency and stratification of renal dvsfunction severity in Datients with hantavirus infection.
ISSN:0026-9050