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. 2014 Jan 7;6(1):151–171. doi: 10.3390/v6010151

Table 1.

Comparison of the English sweating sickness, the Picardy sweat, HPS and HFRS.

English Sweating Sickness * Picardy Sweat ** HPS *** HFRS ****
Vector ? ? Rodent Rodent
Pathogen ? (virus?) ? (virus?) Hantavirus Hantavirus
Infection mode ? (zoonotic?; human-to-human?) ? (zoonotic?; human-to-human?) Aerosol Aerosol
Incubation time 1–44 days 6 days § 1–40 days 1–40 days
Disease stages Headache, myalgia, sweating
Abdominal pain, vomiting
Delirium
Cardiac palpitation,
Breathlessness
Convalescence/death
Febrile phase, sweating
Hemorrhages: rare, but violent
Rash (redness of the skin): common
Convalescence/death
Febrile phase
Pulmonary edema, shock
Diuresis
Convalescence/death
Febrile phase
Shock
Oliguric phase
Diuretic phase
Convalescence/death
Duration 24 h (if fatal) 10–14 days 10–20 days; 2–5 days, if fatal 10–20 days
Mortality 30%–50% 0%–20% 40% <1%
Seasonality Summer Summer Summer Spring, summer

HPS: hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; HFRS: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; * According to [20,45,55]; ** According to [106,143,144]; *** According to [139,141]; **** According to [1,141]; § According to [145].