nephropathia epidemica การใช้
- Humans infected with the virus may develop a haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome ( HFRS ) known as nephropathia epidemica.
- Because the bank vole ( " Myodes glareolus " ) acts as a reservoir for the virus, nephropathia epidemica cases track with the vole population in a three-to four-year cycle.
- The bank vole acts as a reservoir on infection for the Puumala virus, which can infect humans, causing a haemorrhagic fever known as nephropathia epidemica and, in extreme cases, even death.
- Some of the VHF agents cause relatively mild illnesses, such as the Scandinavian " nephropathia epidemica " ( a Hantavirus ), while others, such as Ebola virus, can cause severe, life-threatening disease.