title: Hantaviruses: four years after four corners.
abstract: Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is an acute, often fatal, febrile illness causing rapid pulmonary failure and cardiovascular instability. Since first described in 1993, considerable progress has been made in identifying the hantaviruses responsible for the disease and in defining its epidemiologic and diagnostic features.
authors.affiliation: Disease Assessment Section, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Pflieger
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D018804:Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans