HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME

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Health	Acute respiratory illness in humans caused by the Muerto Canyon virus whose primary rodent reservoir is the deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus. First identified in the southwestern United States, this syndrome is characterized most commonly by fever, myalgias, headache, cough, and rapid respiratory failure. (references)
Mechanical Engineering	That part of a holding device, frequently interchangeable, which the clamping mechanism forces against the piece to be clamped. Examples:the jaws of a vice, of a rotating chuck, of a work steady. Source: European Union. (references)
Medicine	Disease, caused by a previously unrecognized hantavirus, that begins with nonspecific symptoms (fever, muscle aches, headache, abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting) and progresses to include coughing and shortness of breath; the disease rapidly progresses to cardiac and respiratory failure and usually requires intensive care management. Source: European Union. (references)
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Commercial Usage: HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME

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References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (reference) (more reference examples)
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Photo Album: HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME

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	Reported demographics and case fatality rate of 156 hantavirus pulmonary syndrome patients, United States, January 27, 1997. Credit: CDC.		Carrier of Sin Nombre virus, agent of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Credit: CDC.
	Map of the United States and adjacent areas showing distribution of Peromyscus maniculatus and location of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome cases, January 27, 1997. Credit: CDC.		Photograph of deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), the major carrier of Sin Nombre virus, which is one of the hantaviruses that causes hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in humans. Credit: CDC.
	Hantaviruses that cause Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) are carried in rodent droppings, especially the deer mouse. Incubation lasts for 1�5wks. Sickness begins with fever and muscle aches, followed by shortness of breath and coughing. Credit: CDC.
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Non-Fiction Usage: HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME

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Health		Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) has been recognized as a disease only recently in North America. (references)
		Williams RJ, Bryan RT, Mills JN, Palma E, Vera I, de Velasquez F, et al. An outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in western Paraguay. (references)
		So just how do people get hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS)? It all starts with rodents, like the deer mouse and cotton rat, which carry hantaviruses. (references)
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Modern Translation: HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME

Language		Translations for "HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		syndrome pulmonaire du � l'hantavirus. (various references)

Pig Latin		antavirushay ulmonarypay yndromesay

Portuguese		síndrome pulmonar por hantavírus. (various references)

Spanish		HPS, Síndrome pulmonar por Hantavirus, patología pulmonar grave transmitida por las heces de los roedores. (various references)
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Alternative Orthography: HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME

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