Puumala virus infections associated with cardiovascular causes of death

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Jan;19(1):126-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1901.111587.

Abstract

We studied the causes of death of patients in Sweden with diagnoses of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) during 1997-2009. Cardiovascular disorders were a common cause of death during acute-phase HFRS and were the cause of death for >50% of those who died during the first year after HFRS.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / complications
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / mortality*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / virology
  • Cause of Death*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / complications
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / epidemiology*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / mortality*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / virology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Puumala virus / pathogenicity
  • Puumala virus / physiology*
  • Survival Rate
  • Sweden / epidemiology
  • Time Factors