Canada - Saskatchewan, Hantavirus -2013 (n=3)

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Saskatchewan Hantavirus - Health -2013 (n=3)
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Hantavirus
What is hantavirus infection?
Hantavirus infection is a rare but serious illness. Typical symptoms are flu-like and include fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, muscle aches, diarrhea, abdominal pain and shortness of breath. These symptoms can occur any time between three days to six weeks (usually occurring around 14 days) after exposure. Infection without symptoms is rare.

Exposure to hantaviruses can cause a rare, but often fatal, disease called Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). HPS can progress rapidly into serious lung complications and include the following symptoms: abnormal fall in blood pressure; lungs fill with fluid and severe respiratory failure.

There have been 26 cases of Hantavirus reported in Saskatchewan since 1994, including*three cases in 2013. Over that period there have been*eight associated deaths.*

http://www.health.gov.sk.ca/hantavirus

It's Your Health - Hantaviruses [Health Canada, 2009]
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/diseases-maladies/hantavirus-eng.php

 

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Re: Saskatchewan, Hantavirus -2013 (n=3)

Re: Saskatchewan, Hantavirus -2013 (n=3)

Saskatchewan reports its third hantavirus case in two months - National infectious disease | Examiner.com
August 17, 2013

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Officials from the Saskatoon Health Region have confirmed a case of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) within the Region. This current case is the third one reported in Saskatchewan since June, according to a Saskatoon Health Region news release Aug. 16.

The health region says the patient is under medical care. The previous two cases were fatal.

http://www.examiner.com/article/saskatchewan-reports-its-third-hantavirus-case-two-months