Table 1.
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 |