Mortality Rate Patterns for Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome Caused by Puumala Virus
- Marika Hjertqvist
- Sabra L. Klein
- Clas Ahlm
- Jonas Klingström
Publication date
October 2010
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
To investigate nephropathia epidemica in Sweden during 1997–2007, we determined case-fatality rates for 5,282 patients with this disease. Overall, 0.4% died of acute nephropathia epidemica <3 months after diagnosis. Case-fatality rates increased with age. Only women showed an increased case-fatality rate during the first year after diagnosis
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