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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Furqan M M. M.B.B.S[2]

Other diagnostic studies

Complete blood count

• Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome(HFRS):
  • It may show
    • Thrombocytopenia
    • Leukocytosis
    • Raised PT and aPTT

• Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome(HPS):
  • It may show
    • Elevated hematocrit
    • Leukocytosis
    • Elevated PT and aPTT

Serum electrolytes

• It may show
  • Decreased magnesium
  • Hyponatremia

Arterial Blood gases

• It may show Metabolic Acidosis and respiratory alkalosis in HPS.

Urinalysis

• It may show
  • Hematuria
  • Proteinuria

Liver function tests

• It may show
  • Raised aspartate transaminase (AST)

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  This is micrographic study of a lymph node from a Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) patient. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).

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  This is micrographic study of a lymph node from a Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) patient. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).

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  This is micrographic study of splenic tissue from a Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) patient. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).

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  This is a micrographic study of liver tissue from a Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) patient. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).

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  Image reveals some of the cytoarchitectural features seen in a lymph node specimen that had been extracted from a patient suspected of a Hantavirus illness. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).

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  This transmission electron micrograph (TEM) revealed the ultrastructural appearance of a number of virus particles, or “virions”, of the hantavirus known also, as the Sin Nombre virus (SNV). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).