OVERVIEW ON HANTAVIRUS CARDIOPULMONARY SYNDROME: IS IT THREATENED TO ARAB COUNTRIES INCLUDING EGYPT? | ||||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||||
| Article 11, Volume 52, Issue 1, May 2022, Page 85-98 PDF (938.94 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2022.235790 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Tosson Morsy1; AHMED KHALID AHMED2; HUSSEIN ELSAYED HUSSEIN 3; AYMAN T. A. MORSY4
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| 1Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams University, Cairo 11566 | ||||
| 2Consultant of Clinical Pathology, Military Medical Academy, Cairo, 11291 | ||||
| 3Consultant of Pathology, Military Medical Academy, Cairo, 11291 | ||||
| 4Consultant of Endemic Diseases, Misr University for Science and Technology, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Orthohantavirus is a genus of single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA viruses in the family Hantaviridae within the order Bunyavirales. Members are called orthohantaviruses or simply hantaviruses. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), Hantavirus is a life-threatening zoonotic disease characterized by pulmonary edema, hypoxia, and hypotension, started by vague flu-like symptoms or can involve hemorrhagic fever and renal syndrome (HFRS). Hantaviruses are transmitted by contact with the bodily fluids of rodents, particularly from saliva from bites and especially from inhalation of viral particles from urine and feces in aerosols. Among the HCPS-causing hantaviruses is the Andes orthohantavirus, the only hantavirus confirmed to be capable of spreading from person to person, though this is rare!!! Generally speaking, the virus diseases are a continued threat to human health in both community and healthcare settings worldwide. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Hantavirus; Cardiopulmonary syndrome; Renal syndrome; Pathogenicity; Risks | ||||
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