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What is hunta virus and it's consequences

HOW IT INFECT THE HUMAN
                
Single standed ,enveloped, negative sense, RNA virus which normally  infect rodents where they don't cause disease (work as reserviour)
SPREAD -  Hunta virus present in the urin and feaces  of rodents , spread of infection when the people are contact with rodents or their dropping or urins or possibly  to inhale virus from droppings.
Very rear possibilities to person to person infection.

ON THE BASIS OF DIFFERENT  TYPES OF STRAINS, VIRUS  AFFECTS  DIFFERENT  ORGANS;

  • In lunga, causing hunta virus pulmonary  syndrome (HPS)
  • In kidney, causing  hemorrahagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)
However many symptoms of two infection are overlaps  in initial. 

HUNTA VIRUS PULMONARY  SYNDROME

People with HPS then develope  a cough and shortness of breath, which may become serious , fluid  collects around  the neck and low pressure
Death in up to about 50% of the people .
Those who servive first few day then recovery is about 2-3 week

HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME  
Some people  suffered with hemorrahagic  fever with renal syndrome, infection  is mild don't cause symptom.
Some are suffered with vague mild symptom but recover.
In others, symptoms become severe. Like SHOCK, KIDNEY  FAILURE, ANURIA, HEMATURIA, and BRUISES on their skin.

Death occurs in 6 to 15% .of those who servive, most  recover in 3 to 6 week of age , but recover may take up to 6 month

TREATMENT- There is no specific  treat ment,  cure, and vaccine for hunta virus.


  •  In intensive care.

  • HPS  patients  are incubated and  give oxygen therapy, with suppprtive drugs to stablise pressure.

  • Renal syndrome, patients  are on dialysis therapy and supportive anti viral drug like ribavirin given intravenously .



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