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The vaccine is considered important as acute hantavirus infections are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is estimated that about 1.5 million cases and 46,000 deaths occurred in China from 1950 to 2007. The number of cases is estimated at 32,000 in Finland from 2005 to 2010 and 90,000 in Russia from 1996 to 2006. [1]
Through December 31, 48 cases were confirmed nationwide, with 27 deaths (56%). [19] Death rates were similar cross age, sex, and race, though most of the infected were male. Of the 33 cases to occur in AZ, CO, and NM in 1993, 25 occurred during the height of the outbreak from April to July and of those 33 people, 17 died (52%).
There have been seven confirmed cases and three deaths in the past six months, according to a recent health alert. Most cases of hantavirus are reported in the Western and Southwestern United States.
Between 1975 and 2023, cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome peaked throughout New Mexico in April, May, June and July. As hantavirus 'season' looms, state health officials urge residents to take ...
No vaccines exist for Sin Nombre virus infection, so the main way to prevent infection is to avoid or minimize contact with rodents. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 10 ] Repeated infections of hantaviruses have not been observed, so recovering from infection likely grants life-long immunity.
Prognosis for HPS is often poor. The case fatality rate of HPS ranges from 30% to 60%. [2] [4] [21] [27] Death usually occurs 2–10 days after the onset of illness [10] and occurs suddenly during the cardiopulmonary phase of illness. [2] [3] Andes virus infection has a case fatality rate of about 40%, and Sin Nombre virus a case fatality rate ...
There is currently a hantavirus vaccine that protects humans against hantavirus infections. The first vaccine was developed in 1990, and was initially used to fight the Hantaan River virus, which causes one of the most severe forms of Hantavirus Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). [ 12 ]
In hantavirus induced hemorrhagic fever, incubation time is between two and four weeks in humans before symptoms of infection present. Severity of symptoms depends on the viral load . Like Dobrava-Belgrade virus , Hantaan virus has a mortality rate of 10 to 12%.