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Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Acute respiratory distress syndrome is one of two human diseases caused by hantavirus. Dust containing virus-infected rodent feces becomes airborne and is inhaled. The virus embeds in the lungs where the infection begins. Flulike symptoms appear in about a week, followed by the collection of fluid and white blood cells in the lungs, causing respiratory failure, then death.
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