单词 | hantavirus pulmonary syndrome |
释义 | > as lemmashantavirus pulmonary syndrome hantavirus pulmonary syndrome n. an acute, severe respiratory disease caused by various New World hantaviruses and characterized by influenza-like prodromal symptoms and rapidly progressive pulmonary oedema and interstitial pneumonitis, often leading to death. ΚΠ 1993 Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Rep. 29 Oct. 816 A unique hantavirus has been identified as the cause of the outbreak of respiratory illness (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS)) first recognized in the southwestern United States in May 1993. 1999 N.Y. Times 3 Oct. v. 9/2 The hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is a respiratory disease, for which there is no cure, caused by sin nombre virus and carried by the common deer mouse. 2001 N. Jones Rough Guide Trav. Health ii. 326 In the Americas, hantavirus infection may cause a build-up of fluid on the lungs, known as hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). < as lemmas |
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