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Hantaviruses

Selected References: 

  • Bellomo C, et al. 2019. A newborn infected by Andes virus suggests novel routes of hantavirus transmission: a case report. Clin Microbiol Infect; 26(1):130-131.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2024. About Hantavirus. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/about/index.html. [Accessed May 7, 2026]. 
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2026. Clinician Brief: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS). Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/hcp/clinical-overview/hps.html. [Accessed May 31, 2026].
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2024. Hantavirus Prevention. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/prevention/index.html. [Accessed May 7, 2026]. 
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2026. About Andes Virus. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/about/andesvirus.html. [Accessed May 13, 2026].
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  • Ferrés M, et al. 2020. Mother-to-Child Transmission of Andes Virus through Breast Milk, Chile1. Emerg Infect Dis;’. (8):1885-1888. 
  • Führer A, et al. 2012. Hantavirusinfektion durch Dobrava-Belgrad-Virus bei einer schwangeren Patientin im 3. Trimenon [Hantavirus infection due to Dobrava-Belgrade virus in a third trimester pregnant woman]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 137(46):2369-72. German. 
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  • Hofmann J, et al. 2012. Hantavirus infections by Puumala or Dobrava-Belgrade virus in pregnant women. J Clin Virol; 55(3):266-9, 2012
  • Howard MJ, et al. 1999. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in pregnancy. Clin Infect Dis; 29(6):1538-44.
  • Janwadkar RS, et al. 2025. Unexpected Challenges: A Case Report of Hantavirus Infection in a Pregnant Patient in a Rural Emergency Department. J Emerg Med; 77:84-88. 
  • Ji F, et al. 2017. Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by Hantaan virus infection in four pregnant Chinese women. J Med Virol. 89(10):1865-1870. 
  • Kim BN, Choi BD. 2006. Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome complicated with pregnancy: a case report. Korean J Intern Med. Jun;21(2):150-3. 
  • Latus J, et al. 2013. The case: fever, myalgia, visual disorders, and acute kidney failure in a pregnant woman. Diagnosis: Severe acute hantavirus infection. Kidney Int. 84(3):629-31.
  • Liu XL, et al. 2017. Epidemic hemorrhagic fever complicated with late pregnancy: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore); 96(40):e8137.
  • Lu DH, et al. 2021. Hantavirus infection during pregnancy. Virol Sin 36(3):345-353. Erratum in: Virol Sin; 36(4):829.
  • Lu DH, et al. 2021. Correction to: Hantavirus infection during pregnancy. Virol Sin; 36(4):829.
  • Ma RM, et al. 2003. Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome presenting with intrauterine fetal death. A case report. J Reprod Med. 48(8):661-4. 
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  • Ying X, et al. 2020. Continuous renal replacement therapy rescues severe haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in pregnancy: a case report. BMC Infect Dis. 20(1):920. 
  • Züst, R., et al. 2023. Presence and persistence of Andes Virus RNA in human semen. Viruses, 15(11), 2266. 

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