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The second group of hantavirus diseases is hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), now recognized in a number of separate locations throughout the Western Hemisphere. HPS illnesses show a rapid onset of muscle ache and fever, leading to acute respiratory distress. These illnesses are frequently fatal. The first HPS illness was identified in the southwestern United States in 1993; it is associated...
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