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A heightened clinical suspicion is important for diagnosis of these conditions because important epidemiologic clues may exist at the time of presentation. A variety of testing modalities exist, from evaluation of blood smears (for hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome and may be available at many rural clinics) to serological evaluation and polymerase chain reaction testing (available at tertiary care centers or as a send-out to a reference laboratory). Despite the absence of proven antiviral therapies for many of these viruses, supportive care present at tertiary-level medical centers including invasive cardiovascular monitoring, mechanical ventilation, and access to dialysis (for hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (for hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome) may improve outcomes. Given the high risk of death as well as the potential for these patients to decompensate rapidly over 24\u00a0hours, early recognition of hantavirus infections and transfer to a tertiary medical center is imperative. 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