7^th International Conferences in COPD & Lung Disease

Hantavirus Pulmonary syndrome (HPS)

The Hantaviruses are a group of rodent-borne lung diseases and viruses .The Hantaviruses found in Europe and Asia cause a form of kidney disease called hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS).Hantaviruses infect people when they are inhaled. If the virus reaches your lungs, it can infect the cells of tiny blood vessels in the lungs, causing them to become perforated. The perforated blood vessels allow fluid to fill the lungs and hence it decreases the breathe flow.