Hantavirus — China
Jiangshan Center for Disease Control said yesterday [20 Apr 2016] that a case of epidemic hemorrhagic fever [with renal syndrome, HFRS] was found in Jiangshan. The patient is receiving treatment under isolation. The confirmed patient stated that he had contact with dead rats on 5 Apr [2016] while doing farm work. After returning home that evening, he felt uncomfortable and developed a fever of 40.3 C [104 F] with lumbago and a reduction in urine output.
Epidemic hemorrhagic fever [HFRS] is
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