title: Mortality rate patterns for hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by Puumala virus.
abstract: To investigate nephropathia epidemica in Sweden during 1997-2007, we determined case-fatality rates for 5,282 patients with this disease. Overall, 0.4% died of acute nephropathia epidemica ≤3 months after diagnosis. Case-fatality rates increased with age. Only women showed an increased case-fatality rate during the first year after diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden.
authors.forename: Marika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hjertqvist
authors.forename: Sabra L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Clas
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ahlm
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klingstrom
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006480:Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / Q000401:mortality* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D029262:Puumala virus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012737:Sex Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology